Since ’96, Making It Look as Easy as 1-2-3
Published 6/30/2009 by By TYLER KEPNER at NYT > Baseball
The Yankees’ Mariano Rivera, who earned his 500th save Sunday, has been a model of consistency and dominance because of a cutter that has left him a cut above other relievers.
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