I like Mike Mussina. I can't help it. I like his cerebral approach. I like his repetriore of pitches. I like the way that the stuff that comes out of his mouth actually makes sense. I like how he winds down between games. And of course, I just like watching the guy pitch. However, the man just became my hero.

Every day he shows up in the clubhouse at Legends Field, Mike Mussina dates himself. Mussina, the Yankees' 37-year-old right-hander, insists he brought other T-shirts to spring training, but everything he wears comes from his vast collection of 1980's T's.

One day, it might be "Sanford and Son." The next, "Back to the Future." Or "M*A*S*H." Or "The Dukes of Hazzard." Apparently, Mussina has as many kitschy throwback styles as he has darting and diving pitches.

"He looked good," Mussina said, after showering and pulling on his bright red Captain America T-shirt.

80's T-Shirts: Alan Alda. Marty McFly, Captain America, oh my! Seriously, can you really root against a man who owns a Captain America t-shirt? Truly a man after my own heart. Of course, he very easily could have gone Octavio Dotel's way and turned into Rico Suave.

Octavio Dotel strolled into the clubhouse at Legends Field early Sunday morning wearing a leopard-print shirt with no sleeves. Mike Mussina and Tanyon Sturtze, sipping coffee in front of their lockers, broke out laughing. Even the unflappable Mariano Rivera stared for a second and smiled.

Dotel waved them all off. "Those guys have no style," he said later. "I have style."

Link via Steve L. over at WasWatching.