Davidoff: Mike Mussina on Carl Pavano, and Tom Glavine on Jose Reyes

On my trip home from Yankee Stadium early Saturday evening, I finished reading “Living on the Black,” John Feinstein’s latest sports book. Feinstein convinced Mike Mussina and Tom Glavine to open up to him about their 2007 seasons, and the two veteran pitchers provided Feinstein with plenty of material with their performances alone, far from all positive.

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1. You probably won’t be shocked to learn of Mussina’s contempt for the always-injured Pavano, but you’ll laugh nonetheless. When Mussina was negotiating a new contract with the Yankees in October 2006, Brian Cashman offered him a two-year, $18-million package.

“Brian, you’re not paying me less than you’re paying Carl Pavano,” Mussina responded. “Don’t insult me.” Mussina wound up re-signing for two years and $23 million.

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4. When the Yankees demoted Mussina from the starting rotation to the bullpen last August, Mussina was livid with pitching coach Ron Guidry, who essentially stopped speaking to Mussina. “I’d go by him in the clubhouse, and he’d look right through me,” Mussina said of Guidry. “It was as if I’d become a ghost.”

Prior to that, however, Guidry comes off as surprisingly involved in Mussina’s work.

Mets fans will love Glavine blaming his final start last season on Reyes and Milledge I’m sure.  There’s some damning stuff on Torre and Randolph in there as well.  Both pitchers also say this is their final seasons.

It’s good to see Moose pitching better the last couple times out.  Hopefully he can finish the season strong and it’d be really nice if he lucked into 20 wins, otherwise I’m afraid he won’t make the HOF.