sports.espn.go.com - 6/29/2009
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Mariano Rivera earned his 500th save, becoming the second reliever to reach the milestone, and the New York Yankees beat the punchless Mets 4-2 on Sunday night for a Subway Series sweep.
pinstripealley.com - 6/29/2009
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More photos » by Kathy Willens - AP
New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, left, looks...
on as second baseman Robinson Cano embraces closer Mariano Rivera after Rivera closed out his 500th save in the ...
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Rivera's 500th save: What they're saying
mlb.mlb.com - 6/25/2009
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By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com 06/25/09 1:10 AM
ET ATLANTA -- Mariano Rivera never bothered joining the...
rest of his Yankees teammates for batting practice with Interleague Play approaching, figuring that there would be almost no chance of actually stepping ...
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Comic relief: Mariano bats for himself | MLB.com: News
sports.yahoo.com - 6/29/2009
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Mariano Rivera earned his 500th save, becoming the
second reliever to reach the milestone, and the New...
York Yankees beat the punchless Mets 4-2 on Sunday night for a Subway Series sweep. Chien-Ming Wang won for the first time in more than a year ...
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Rivera gets 500th save, first RBI in win (AP)
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Yankees Sweep The Mets And It Feels Good
yankeesdaily.com —
... The New York Yankees beat the Mets by a score of 4-2. Starting for the Yankees was Chien-Ming Wang and he got the win. Mariano Rivera got the save. His 500th save. ...
The Way We'll Remember This One
Faith and Fear in Flushing —
... Still, this one's unfair -- Ryan Church was a late scratch, so what option did Jerry have?
We could call it The One Where We Didn't Hit Chen-Mieng Wang. Yeah, except everybody saw that one coming, too. I had Wang penciled in for a seven innings of four-hit, shutout ball. Pessimistic, but not by much.
Besides, all this is overlooking the obvious. There's only one way we're going to remember this game, and we're going to remember it forever.
It's The One Where We Walked in a Run With an American League Closer at the Plate.
Ugh. ...
The Status of the Mets
The Ballclub —
... my general ballpark routine last night several different ways in the hopes that it might change the Mets luck and bring them a few runs last night. Some of my efforts might have been more for the preservation of my own sanity more than anything else. Whatever I tried, however, I tried in vain as rather than witnessing the Mets kick the Yankees in the nuts and avert a sweep, I saw the Mets play the part of the Mets perfectly, squandering opportunity after opportunity and eventually embarrassing themselves, getting swept and being the victim of Mariano Rivera's 500th Save. ...
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duelingcouches.blogspot.com 6/29/2009 — I hate the Yankees as much as anyone else, but you have to step back and give this guy some props. Him and Jeter are two players I have always had respect for. Rivera (and Jeter) is a first ballot Hall of Famer, and I have no problem calling him the best closer that has ever walked this Earth. ...
Rivera Records 500th Save in Yanks' Win Over Mets
yanksblog.com 6/29/2009 — Mariano Rivera did something that only one other person (Trevor Hoffman) has done before, which is pick up the 500th save in his career, as the Yankees capped off a sweep of the Mets with a 4–2 victory Sunday night.
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RIVERA MAKES HISTORY WITH 500TH SAVE
nypost.com 6/29/2009 — > A CRISIS had arisen. Tying run on base. Winning run, too. Two out. Eighth inning. Visiting ballpark. It is a trepidation moment in baseball. But not for the Yankees. Not for a long time. Not with Mariano Rivera around. With the Yankees ...
Yankees P Rivera Gets 500th Career Save
mkrob.com 6/29/2009 —
Mariano Rivera has 500 saves—and one precious RBI.
Guess which feat he was most excited about.
On a New York night that belonged to baseball’s most unflappable closer, Rivera became the second reliever to reach the 500-save milestone when the Yankees held off the punchless Mets 4-2 ...
Gotta go to Mo for 500th save - and first career RBI!
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 6/29/2009 — How sweep it is! The Yankees made history a few times last night. Not only did Mariano Rivera get his 500th save (and his first-ever RBI!), but the Yanks' sweep of the Mets is the first-ever one in Citi Field. Here was another historical moment last night - Squawker Jon and I actually agreed ...
Mariano Rivera at #500
thepaintedbaseball.blogspot.com 6/29/2009 — M ARIANO RIVERA NAILED DOWN HIS 500th save, but it just didn't seem as big a deal as, say, Randy Johnson's 300th victory. These milestone saves for Rivera don't mean much because most fans believe that he is the greatest closer the game has ever seen with sincere apologies to Trevor Hoffman, ...
MARIANO RIVERA HELPED HIS OWN CAUSE
withleather.uproxx.com 6/29/2009 —
Mariano Rivera earned his 500th save last night . But the Yankees reliever helped his team complete a sweep of their subway rival Mets in a very impressive and badass way.
Rivera entered the game with two outs in the eigth inning and his team ...
Rivera gets first career RBI- and 500th save —
Newsday.com - Yankees 6/29/2009
Those fans left in the sellout crowd of 41,315 at Citi Field last night for the ninth inning of the final game of the Subway Series saw something truly amazing, something you could never have predicted when Mariano Rivera joined the Yankees as a ...
