Attempting to Quantify Mariano Rivera’s Postseason Value
mvn.com 12 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 ...

Going the Distance
baseballmusings.com 18 days ago — Mariano Rivera is ready to pitch as long as needed for a championship: Rivera has already pitched two or more innings three times this postseason, most recently during a 3-1 win in Game 2 of the World Series. But would he be able to pitch three if needed? “Hopefully we don’t ...

Mariano Rivera: Been There Done That
joshqpublic.com 23 days ago — Its been a long time since I rock and rolled. Its been a long time since I did the stroll. Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back. Let me get it back, baby, where I come from. -Led Zeppelin Public Service Announcement : Ok, here we go! Look who it is. Look who it is again.  ...

Watching Rivera
baseballmusings.com 23 days ago — The Phillies think the more they see of Mariano Rivera , the better they will hit him. “We can hit Rivera,” Phillies manager Charlie Manuel promised not long after the Yankees laid a 3-1 bruise on his team to even this World Series at ...

Mariano Rivera: Another Appreciation
baseballanalysts.com 10/2/2009 — For my last post of the regular season I wanted to examine one of the most singular and interesting players in major league baseball, Marino Rivera . I know I have written about him before but the amazing Sports Illustrated cover of him inspired me to look deeper into his pitchf/x numbers.  ...

Mo at home in postseason
lohud.com 22 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 ...

That’s not how he rolls…
puristbleedspinstripes.com 22 days ago — There’s them fightin’ words: Jimmy Rollins stated today that, well, yeah, he could hit Mariano. Not an accusation you want to be making lightly. First things first: Rollins has had exactly two ABs against the great Mariano, and he has not recorded a hit. Might he hit Rivera ...

Posada should be pissed at Rivera for making him catch a phlegm-ball and having to grab it with his hand to throw it back!
athbloggs.blogspot.com 10/21/2009 — Ok, so what we have here is an old fashion spiiting incident. Actually, this one is kinda similar to the Seinfield episode where Roger McDowell of the Mets was hiding "in bushed by the gravely road" and spit on Kramer and Neuman. The Major League Baseball Commissioners Office reviewed ...

MLB: No evidence Rivera threw spitter
nypost.com 10/20/2009 — 12:59 PM, October 20, 2009 By JOEL SHERMAN and GEORGE A. KING III The Major League Baseball Commissioners Office reviewed available video and still photography from Mariano Rivera spitting toward a baseball in ALCS Game 3 and found no evidence that ...

It's Not Easy Being a Baseball Player
noyoureatowel.net 10/20/2009 — Raul Ibanez started off this year hot and the media wondered if he was on steroids. Everyone looks for dirt on Albert Pujols who has to continually defend his name. So it was only natural that people would take a chance to try to soil Mariano Rivera's good name. The culprit was a Los Angeles ...

Rivera kept injury quiet during Series — Major League Baseball News 16 days ago
Mariano Rivera revealed that he pitched the entire Fall Classic hiding a painful rib cage injury, leaning on head trainer Gene Monahan to keep his clubhouse secret.

Braves confirm signing of Proctor — Major League Baseball News 16 days ago
While the Braves were able to confirm Friday that they have signed right-handed reliever Scott Proctor to a Minor League contract, they will have to wait until Tim Hudson returns to Atlanta before finalizing a three-year contract extension.

For A-Rod, title worth the wait — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 15 days ago
As A-Rod made his way down Broadway during the Yankees' ticker-tape parade, memories of the Yankees' historic collapse in the 2004 ALCS against the Red Sox flashed through the third baseman's head.

Top of the world — NY Post: Sports 15 days ago
Mike and Joanna Rajendran had to come out for the parade — the Yankees won it all for them. The Hartsdale couple were the first to be married at the new Yankee Stadium in August, exchanging their “I do’s” as the Yanks crushed the Red Sox. Mike, a 34-...

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...