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Pitcher Mike Mussina retired yesterday after 18 seasons and 270 wins that may land him in the Hall of Fame. In 2008, the five-time all-star, who turns 40 on Dec. 8, became the oldest pitcher to earn his first 20-win season, going 20-9 with a 3.37 ERA...

By TYLER KEPNER Published: November 20, 2008 Some of the greatest players in baseball wheezed to the finish, wearing odd uniforms, their skills long gone. Willie Mays was a Met. Duke Snider was a Giant. Steve Carlton was a Twin. They were sad examples of the truth in the Robert Frost quotation: “No memory of having starred/atones for later disregard/or keeps the end from being hard.” Skip to next paragraph Related Times Topics: Mike Mussina Keep up with the latest news on The Times’s baseball blog. Go to the Bats Blog » M.L.B.

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Enlarge This Image Barton Silverman/The New York Times In 2008, the Yankees’ Mike Mussina, right, won 20 gamesin a seasonfor the first time. Mike Mussina never wanted that for himself. Last January, as he started his off-season workouts, Mussina had 250 career victories. He took a critical look at his previous four seasons,...
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