Literary birthday greetings: Moose Mussina

December 8, 2010

Mike Mussina, who turns 42 today, was considered one of the brighter players in the game, if for no ohter reason than the fact he did crossword puzzles…in pen, yet! He shared the spotlight with Mets’ pitcher Tom Glavine as the focus of John Feinstein’s 2008 book, Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember.

Mussina was included in the 2006 movie, Wordplay. He appears in this clip at the :14, :47, 1:11 and 1:16  marks:

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