Moose in loop

Mike Mussina doesn't need his high IQ to understand Joe Girardi could have put him in a competition to earn a spot in the Yankees New York Yankees ' rotation, based on him being 39 and coming off an 11-10 season that included a bloated 5.15 ERA.

"I know a lot of people out there have other ideas," Mussina said after throwing two innings in an intrasquad game at Legends Field yesterday. "I appreciate Joe giving me the opportunity to do what I am doing. He could have turned to another plan. But I am not going to say no matter what happens I am in the rotation." Girardi refuses to harp on last year, when the manager said Mussina was the victim of one bad month. Continue