baseballmusings.com - 14 days ago
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Via Bronx Banter , Mariano Rivera pitched part of the post season with a rib cage injury :
Rivera, who tossed 34 pitches against the Los Angeles Angels in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, said he injured himself in the A.L.C.S.
Manager Joe Girardi said Rivera’s injury ...
Not Even Ribcage Injury Stopped Rivera
bats.blogs.nytimes.com 14 days ago — Mariano Rivera pitched with a ribcage injury during the postseason. If Rivera had faltered in Game 6 of the World Series, would he have been fit enough to pitch in a Game 7 against the Phillies?
Mo at home in postseason
lohud.com 21 days ago — PHILADELPHIA - In the late innings of Thursday's Game 2 of the World Series, Yankees manager Joe Girardi had two things in his favor: Mariano Rivera and an off-day Friday. Rivera handled the ninth inning as usual, but he also pitched a scoreless ...
Rivera shows he's still the best
lohud.com 26 days ago — NEW YORK - He has been there before, so many times, and yet it still felt sweet. Still felt special and beautiful and unique. Still felt like magic. Mariano Rivera has been at the heart of four World Series celebrations and yet, this one - this night ...
The Secret of Mariano Rivera’s Success
baseballreflections.com 14 days ago —
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He’s A Christian!
But he wasn’t always a Christian, people never are…not from birth anyway. Furhtermore, there is a moment in every Christian’s life where they have made a choice to follow the path God has planned for them. For ...
How Great is the Great Mariano Rivera
noyoureatowel.net 9 days ago — There will be a day when "Enter Sandman" does not play at Yankee Stadium. There will be a day when we have to find out who the next closer in the Bronx will be. There will be a day when Mariano Rivera will hang out the cleats and become an evangelical minister (like he promised in 2000 after he ...
Five More Years For Mariano Rivera?
mlbtraderumors.com 14 days ago — Mariano Rivera told today's crowd he wants to play for five more years, according to the New York Times' Jack Curry . Rivera explained:
"I'm serious. I hope the organization does whatever it takes to bring me back. I know I have another year ...
Rivera ready to do whatever it takes
nydailynews.com 10/19/2009 — Mariano Rivera hadn’t pitched more than two innings in a postseason game since Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, when he tossed three brilliant innings to help lead the Yankees past the Red Sox in the Aaron Boone Game.
Rivera got seven outs on ...
Attempting to Quantify Mariano Rivera’s Postseason Value
mvn.com 11 days ago — Last week, Rob Neyer challenged someone to find out just how many championships Mariano Rivera has been worth. I was tempted to go ahead and figure it out, but didn't really have the time or idea on how do it. Rebecca, over at This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes, decided to go ahead and take that ...
O'Connor: Mo racing against time
northjersey.com 21 days ago — PHILADELPHIA Mariano Rivera was not moving with that familiar athletic grace. At his locker, following a workout at Citizens Bank Park, Rivera projected the body language of the middle-aged accountant who had just emerged from his weekly full-court ...
Rib injury threatened Mo's Series —
NY Post: Sports 15 days ago
If there had been a Game 7 in the World Series, the end of the game might have been dicey.
Mariano Rivera revealed yesterday he was nursing a rib injury during the World Series. Rivera, speaking at the victory parade, would not say whether he coul...