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Mariano Rivera
Mariano Rivera is a professional baseball player. He's a right-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees and wears number 42. He is managed by pitching manager Ron Guidry.
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In the November 2 issue of ESPN Magazine, they listed the statistical leaders in a handful of categories for the decade spanning from 2000-2009. Alex Rodriguez had the most home runs with 435 (238 with the Yankees), Andy Pettitte had the most wins...
- Yanks' Four -- Jeter, Pettitte, Posada, Rivera -- win again (sportsline.com)
- Pettitte helps Jeter, Rivera and Posada earn another title (eagletribune.com)
- Four Yankees teammates go back a long ways (latimes.com)
Joe Ward, Amanda Cox, Matthew Ericson and Xaquin G.V. of The New York Times have put together an awesome infographic depicting Mariano Rivera's postseason history and results on a batter by batter basis. So worth it.
Via NPB Tracker.
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- Rivera: I Injured My Rib Cage During ALCS (yanksblog.com)
- Mariano Rivera's heavy workload unlikely to change during postseason (news.google.com)
Rivera has 88 appearances in the post-season with only one blown save. When he walks to the mound in the World Series, it is usually (in the immortal words of Bill Paxton) “game over man, game over.” But his one blown save is remembered in Phoenix, since it coincided with what is easily the greatest [...]
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- Lady Gaga Sees Herself In Yankees Star Mariano Rivera (baseballthinkfactory.org)
- Rivera continues to close in elite fashion (search.live.com)
- How the Hell Did the Arizona D-Backs Beat Mariano Rivera? (blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com)
Fox cameras caught Mariano Rivera using a heating pad on his side during Game 4 of the World Series, and although he denied it at the time, it turns out he did have a muscle strain, dating back to the ALCS, and pitched through it.
"Just shows you what a completely amazing baseball player he is," Phil Coke said.
I'll have 'Mo' on this in The Courant on Saturday.
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NEW YORK — There was no reason for Mariano Rivera to discuss the future Wednesday night. Not as he stood on a makeshift podium in shallow center field at Yankee Stadium and celebrated his fifth World Series title. The moment was about the present, not the future.
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