September 8, 2005
BASEBALL: No Night Owl
How's this for a split? Mike Mussina, 2004-05:
Day games: 7-4 in 14 starts, 3.02 ERA in 92.1 IP
Night: 17-13 in 41 starts, 5.01 ERA in 244.1 IP
The odd thing is, Mussina's K/9 and BB/9 are about the same in both situations - but his HR/9 rise from 0.88 by day to 1.33 by night, accounting for the difference. Mussina hadn't shown a similar pattern before 2004, so it's hard to say if this is just random luck.
Maybe your right but would like to have him pitching game two in october of course after the unit