downswinging.com - 6/29/2009
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Mariano Rivera is at 500 saves. It doesn’t matter though–we already knew just how great he was. Mariano, always professional, always calm, is the absolute epitome of the perfect closer. Mariano doesn’t need milestones, he’s better than that. It wasn’t like he ...
The Demise of Mariano Rivera?
passion4baseball.blogspot.com 6/8/2009 — Buster Olney mentioned in his blog yesterday that the great Mariano Rivera has lost some velocity on his cutter and it is not moving as much. According to Olney, that makes Rivera more vulnerable this year than in the past. Olney also points out that the pitcher is now 39 and this is to be ...
Mariano Rivera 500 Saves (Photos and Video)
sports.rightpundits.com 6/29/2009 — Mariano Rivera 500 saves put the closer in the books last night, as he became only the second player in history, behind Trevor Hoffman, to achieve the feat. Read more about the story plus see video of Mariano Rivera 500 saves and photos ...
Mariano Rivera and the Tale of the Wandering Remote Control
heartbeatofthebronx.blogspot.com 7/2/2009 — Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has been deservedly credited with being the greatest relief pitcher of his generation. On Tuesday night, I believe he also became the first pitcher to ever throw out the ceremonial first pitch and throw the final pitch of a game. The honor of course stemmed from ...
Mariano Rivera’s Curious Rates
fangraphs.com 6/17/2009 — With the activation today of Brian Bruney from the disabled list and the designation of Jose Veras , I thought it a particularly good time to check in the end of the line of the Yankee’s bullpen, Mariano Rivera .
The first year into his ...
Revisiting an almost-trade of Mariano Rivera
riveraveblues.com 7/1/2009 — I can’t imagine the New York Yankees without Mariano Rivera for the last 15 seasons. Since he came up as a 25-year-old and wowed the crowd during the 1995 ALCS, he has always been there. In 1996, he helped shorten the games, and in 1997, he ...
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 ...
When will Mariano Rivera retire?
lennysyankees.com 6/29/2009 — In ESPN’s Sunday Conversation, Bob Holtzman interviewed the great Mariano Rivera . When asked about retirement, Rivera replied that he will quit when he is no longer effective and/or not competitive. When do you think that will be? Rivera turns 40 years old after this season, and is signed ...
Two Very Different Cutters
fangraphs.com 7/2/2009 — On the surface Mariano Rivera and Mark DiFelice should be two of the most similar pitchers in the game. They are both right-handed relief pitchers who throw a cutters almost exclusively, over 90% of the time. No other pitcher throws the cutter that ...
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 the Tiger
hardballtimes.com 7/1/2009 — Inspired by my post about Mariano's potential trade to the Tigers, Grand Cards investigates exactly what such a thing would have meant :
Let's say that trade goes through and Rivera becomes a Tiger in 1995. Other than altering the course of NY Yankees history, what does it do for the Tigers? ...
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