Baseball 87: Mike Mussina

Some years ago, a baseball executive of some renown was talking about Mike Mussina, and he said something that I will never forget. He said: "You know what? The best way I can describe Moose is -- the guy's just a mensch."

That's a complicated scouting report.

Mensch is a great word. It's a Yiddish word, and its meaning is hard to fully capture. Mensch li…