After Mike Mussina allowed only one run in six innings tonight Peter Abraham asked:
So, does Moose follow Cliff Lee in the All-Star Game?
Well, considering Mussina ranks somewhere around 25th in the league in ERA, 20th in WHIP, and coming into tonights game opposing batters were hitting .286 (286!) against him, I’ll go out on a limb and say no.
Of course, Mussina will probably be there. The brain-dead notion that wins is a good measure of a pitchers effectiveness still, unfortunately, lives on.
Edit: It appears I misconstrued Peter Abraham’s comment. I don’t believe Mussina belongs at the All-Star game, and wins is certainly an overused stat, but I mistakenly took his question on face value. My mistake.