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05/09: Jack Curry Feature on Mo
Posted by: Patrick
Jack Curry has a feature on Mo and his dominance this season. Rivera called himself “a blessed guy,” politely dodging the idea that he is a walking, talking, tossing legend.
“I tell you the truth, man, it’s good to be recognized,” Rivera said. “I ain’t going to lie to you. It’s good to be recognized. But I don’t feel that it’s all me. I have a bunch of teammates that help me.” 05/09: LaTroy Hawkins on Mo
Posted by: Patrick
From USA TODAY:
"You always knew he was great," first-year Yankees reliever LaTroy Hawkins said. "But until you're here, you don't realize just how great."
Posted by: David
Mariano Rivera did it again by pitching a scoreless ninth inning to help Mike Mussina and the Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians 6-3 on Thursday afternoon at the stadium.
Mo got Jhonny Peralta to ground to short for the first out. Franscisco then hit a fly ball down the right field corner which fell for a double with Abreu playing in right center. Franklin Gutierrez popped to Cano for the second out and Ryan Garko grounded to Betemit at third to end the game. For Rivera, it's his ninth save of the season in nine save opportunities. He has surrendered no runs and only five hits and no walks in fourteen innings on the 2008 season. His ERA for the season remains, of course, at 0.00.
Posted by: Patrick
From Bryan Hoch:
Asked to explain his early-season success, Mariano Rivera wonders if it could have something to do with the regular opportunities the Yankees have provided. That shouldn't come as a shock, because the 38-year-old is still making it easy to hand him the ball in tough spots.
Rivera was selected as the winner of the "DHL Presents the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Month Award" for April in an announcement made Wednesday. This officially sanctioned Major League Baseball award recognizes the most outstanding relief pitcher during each month of the regular season.
Posted by: Patrick
SI.com is doing a feature called "Best Baseball Players by Number". Number 42 was given to Jackie Robinson.
But, SI.com's Bryan Armen Graham feels it should have gone to Mo. He states that if the list was the "most important players by number", then Jackie Robinson would be the obvious choice. But, this is "best players" and he feels that Mo takes the cake: Baseball's best No. 42 is Mariano Rivera, and as the last active player still wearing the digits due to baseball's 1997 decree, the 38-year-old right-hander need not worry about any future challenge to the distinction.
Posted by: Patrick
Going into the ninth inning on Sunday, the Yankees held an 8-2 lead over the Mariners. This would not usually be a situation for which you'd call Mariano. But, with him last having pitched on May 2 and the Yankees having a day off on May 5, I take it that Girardi wanted to get him an inning of work after one day of rest, rather than having 3 days of rest, in order to keep him locked in.
No worries. Mo needed exactly 8 pitches to carve out the Mariners' five, six and seven hitters; Jose Vidro, a pinch hitting Willie Bloomquist and Jeff Clement, respectively. No decision for Rivera, but he has now pitched 13 innings in 12 games, has allowed 4 hits, 0 earned runs, 0 walks and has struck out 12 hitters. This is good for a 0.00 ERA, 0.31 WHIP and .095 BAA. Not a bad line.
Posted by: David
It looked like the game was setting up for Mo to get his 9th save, but the Yankees scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to extend the lead to 5-1.
Mo entered anyway and made quick work of the middle of Seattle's order. He caught Raul Ibanez looking for the first out and then Adrian Beltre lined to center. Jeff Clement then grounded out to third to end the game. Rivera has now pitched twelve scoreless innings to start the season.
Posted by: David
Mo is cruising through American League lineups. The Sandman earned his 8th consective save to start the season with a perfect ninth inning to help the Yankees defeat the Indians 5-2.
Rivera faced Franklin Gutierrez to start the inning and he simply overmatched him and blew him away with high heat for the first out. Jason Michaels battled but eventually flew out to right for the second out. David Dellucci then grounded to second to end the game. Mariano Rivera has pitched 11 scoreless innings in 2008 and has only allowed four hits and no walks, with eight saves in eight save opportunities. For his career, he now has 451 saves. His season ERA remains at 0.00.
I'm running out of superlatives to describe the performance of Mariano Rivera for the 2008 season. The man is simply the best closer ever! The game was billed as a pitcher's duel with Wang facing off against C.C. Sabathia. Neither pitcher disappointed as each team only got four hits, but one of the Yankee hits was a home run off the bat of Melky Cabrera for the only run of the game.
Wang pitched seven solid innings and gave way to Joba in the 8th and then Mo in the ninth. Rivera had to face the heart of the Indians order and simply overmatched all of them. Victor Martinez hit a lazy fly ball to right field for the first out. Mo then caught Ryan Garko and Jhonny Peralta looking to end the game. For Rivera, it's his 7th save of the season and 450th of his career. He still has not given up a run this season, so his ERA remains at 0.00.
Posted by: David
Mariano Rivera had to work a little harder than usual by entering in the 8th inning with two on and only one out. With the Yankees holding a 6-3 lead, Mo was summoned and had to face Paul Konerko. Konerko swung at the first pitch and flied to center for a sacrifice fly. Rivera then battled with Jermaine Dye and eventually got him to pop out to second to end the inning with the Yankees holding to a 6-4 lead.
In the ninth, Mo made easy work of the Chisox. Pierzynski led off and grounded to third for the first out. Carlos Quentin grounded back to the box and Joe Crede popped out to Posada to end the game. It was Rivera's sixth save of the season and 449th of his career. His ERA for the season remains at 0.00. |
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