Roy Halladay and Mike Mussina will be portrayed on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing caps with no team logo on them, the Cooperstown shrine announced on Friday. This puts to rest the little debate about whether he’d honor the Orioles or the Yankees when he’s inducted this summer. All those accolades led to him wearing an Athletics cap in Cooperstown. He was admittedly surprised to get in — Mussina received just 20.3 percent of the votes in his first year on the ballot — and couldn’t help but poke fun at himself now that he’s part of such an elite club. Get the latest odds, analysis, and insights at Yahoo Sportsbook. He signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks ahead of the 1999 season, and won the Cy Young four straight times from 1999 to 2002 while winning the World Series there in 2001. The next day, with a night to sleep on it, he still had no decision. The previous player to do that was fellow 1990s star pitcher Greg Maddux, who split his Hall of Fame career between the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves. But as I sit here right now, no, I have not decided.". Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. “When I made the change from Baltimore to New York, I knew it was going to be not taken so well in some places,” said Mussina, who made the Hall in his sixth year on the ballot. When I was here, I loved being here. He never won a Cy Young Award, though he finished in the top-six nine times. Will it be the Orioles, the Yankees or neither. While it was once solely the choice of the inductee, for the past couple of decades the Hall of Fame has had final say on the caps so as to prevent a situation in which a cap truly misrepresents history. He never won a World Series, despite reaching the final round of the postseason twice. Halladay’s wife, Brandy, said the blank cap would be Roy Halladay’s way of showing his appreciation to both the Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies. Your Ad Choices “I don’t feel like I can honestly pick one organization over the other. Though he began his career with the Montreal Expos, Johnson's star rose with the Seattle Mariners, with whom he won his first Cy Young Award in 1995 and made five All-Star appearances. “This time, I made it.”. Mariano Rivera got the save that day, the last of 49 win-save combinations the two teamed up for during their careers, a mark that ranks third all-time. He then almost dodged answering another question about his hat at Wednesday’s Hall of Fame news conference in New York, but said he hadn't decided yet. “Well obviously I changed my mind. Terms of Use Here's a rundown of some of the recent split cases and how they were decided. “I’m standing up here with the best that ever played the game,” the dry-witted Mussina said. All Guerrero did was hit, wherever he played. I started here and I ended there. He then spent five-plus years with the New York Yankees, who traded him back to Oakland in 1989. He coaches baseball, football and basketball in his hometown, which is about three hours away from Baltimore.Mussina is amused by the comebacks of Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens.Those guys, I think theyre crazy to be stopping and starting and trying to do all that type of stuff, Mussina said.You stop for a reason. Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Your California Privacy Rights So both organizations were tremendously involved in this. Or both depending on how you look at it. Mike Mussina of the Yankees wore these spikes and this cap on Sept. 28, 2008 when he won his 20th game of the season – becoming the oldest first-time 20-game winner in big league history. 1 / 13 Freshly elected Hall of Fame pitcher Mike Mussina starred for both the Orioles and New York Yankees in his career, with each team staking … Catfish Hunter — who spent time with the Oakland Athletics and Yankees — opted for a blank cap when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Mussina got his start with the Orioles, spent 10 seasons with the club and made all five of his All-Star appearances with Baltimore.

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