Mike Mussina Forum

Well, at least nowadays. Great pitcher in his prime, but now that he's past the half-century mark (only a couple month older than yours truly), he's just Dad to his rising senior who happens to be a very good golfer (sound familiar?).

So he was at the tournament my son was also in at Penn State White course in State College, PA. My son was in the group behind his son's group, so as I would go ahead to spot for our group, our paths crossed a couple times. Figuring he was simply there to watch his son, I didn't bother him more than to simply say "Hi, how are you doing today?" as I would any of the other parents I see along the way. He was very nice and said hi back, and kept to himself. I did not see him the second day as his son's group was two behind us.

At one point on the first day, he was talking to one of the tournament staff, he left just as we were coming up. I said the staff guy, "Eh, you don't want to talk with me, I'm not a hall of famer." He said that he never talked about that with him and he was very cordial and down to earth.

It's nice to see these kinds of interactions with these guys. You hear so many horror stories about famous people, but I think it also all depends on how you treat them too.

I do wish I had've had a card with me to get signed. :) I do love my signed cards.

I don't know that I've ever met a baseball HOFer.  Cool story.  He's just a regular Dad wanting to see his kid do good, just like you.

My dad lives just a few minutes from Auburn University.  Tim Hudson is still in the area (in fact was named assistant coach for the school in January).  I don't know exactly what the event was but my dad said Hudson was as normal as could be.  Walked up and introduced himself "Hi, I'm Tim".

That’s a cool story. I got a good impression of him after reading Living On the Black by John Fienstien. Good read btw

I birdied the 7th hole, or maybe it was the 12th. I don't recall anymore, beers were involved. Best shot I ever had, sort of retired after that swing. You know, go out on top.