nydailynews.com - 10/12/2009
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If there is any doubt who the best closer in baseball is, the debate was settled yesterday. Sunday night, Mariano Rivera calmly put the Twins' season to rest and capped the Yankees' three-game sweep with a four-out save at the Metrodome.
Mariano Rivera – Delivery Man of the Year
lennysyankees.com 10/15/2009 — For just the third season in his career, Mariano Rivera was the best closer in baseball. Are you kidding me? He’s been the best closer in baseball for the past 13 years, hands down. But, he won the DHL Delivery Man of the Year Award for the third time in the award’s five-year existence. ...
Baseball History
yankeesredsox.com 10/5/2009 — I was reading an article about the Twins today and it mentioned how the Metrodome is the 7th-oldest baseball stadium and That kind of blew my mind. But it makes sense considering how many new parks have been built in the last 20 years. Now, just for fun, take a guess at the ...
The Great Mo
pinstripealley.com 9/30/2009 — Tom Verducci writes -
"God touched Mariano Rivera one June afternoon in 1997, and Rivera shrugged. Just three months into his new role as the closer for a budding Yankees dynasty, Rivera was suddenly unable to throw his signature four-seam fastball straight, not even during his daily toss ...
Best in the Pen 10/5-11: Mariano Rivera
lennysyankees.com 10/12/2009 — Mariano Rivera pitched in all three postseason games so far, earning one save and allowing just four hits, no runs, and striking out seven Twins. Rivera has over 500 saves in his career, but none of them are looked at more than his numbers in the postseason. Note: All three Yankees ...
Despite workload, there's Mo to come
nypost.com 10/19/2009 — ANAHEIM -- Joe Girardi is cautious about over-using Mariano Rivera. He also understands that, at this time of year, every out is precious. Yet, after using Rivera for 2 1/3 innings in Game 2 Saturday night, the Yankees manager expects to have his r...
Twins and the Metrodome
kingsofkauffman.com 10/5/2009 — The Tigers and Twins are set to hook up at the Metrodome on Tuesday afternoon to decide the AL Central. I was born and raised in Minnesota, so while the Royals may be the team of my adulthood, the Twins were the team of my childhood. I still have a place in the pantheon of [...]
Mariano wins Delivery Man of Year Award
newyork.yankees.mlb.com 10/14/2009 — By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com 10/14/09 6:05 PM ET NEW YORK -- In a postseason in which closer after closer has faltered, Mariano Rivera has stood tall. Battling an illness, Rivera tossed at least one scoreless inning in each of the Yankees' three ...
It's Over
voicefromtwinsterritory.mlblogs.com 10/12/2009 —
After an improbable comeback and an appearance in the
playoffs, the season for the Minnesota Twins has come to an end. There will be
no long playoff run, no more Metrodome magic, and no World Series title. The
off-season begins immediately, and what had been a great run has come to a
sudden ...
Riding The Metrodome
joeposnanski.com 10/6/2009 — The place won’t die. That’s how it should be, I suppose. That’s how it goes in horror movies. The killer gets burned, drowned, chopped in half, run over by a car, crushed by a tree, shot 12 times in the chest … but the ...
Metrodome Elimination Game
twins.gearupforsports.com 10/11/2009 — Matchup:
Yankees Lead Series 2-0.
New York Yankees: LHP Andy Pettitte (14-8), 4.16 ERA, 148 K’s, 194.2 IP.
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Minnesota Twins: RHP Carl Pavano (5-4), 4.64 ERA, 59 K’s, 73.2 IP (with Twins in 2009).
Twins starter Carl Pavano faces his former team in must win game ...
