Mike Mussina should go into the Hall of Fame as a Yankee.
Out of deference to Baltimore.
The Great Plaque Debate of 2019 comes down to the two teams in question and their respective identities and histories. And the fact the Orioles hold a considerably higher bar for immortality than do the Yankees, and Mussina — through no fault of his own — struggles to clear the former and easily surpasses the latter.
The caustic Mussina, in fine form at Wednesday’s Hall of Fame news conference after living off the radar for most of the last decade, whined with a wink when asked for a second straight day whether he had decided what team’s logo, if any, would be on his plaque.