Dan Graziano has a story about the early parts of Mo's Major League career.
He has put together a Hall of Fame career that includes four World Series titles and 454 saves. But on the day his major-league career started, nobody could have seen it coming -- not even Rivera.
When he thinks back to that debut, he doesn't bring up the eight hits, five runs and three walks the Angels got against him in the first 3 1/3 innings of a 10-0 loss. As all great closers do, he skirts the negative memory and goes right to the positive.
"I won the only game we won on that road trip," Rivera said, and he's right. His debut began a nine-game trip on which the Yankees went 1-8. The only win was Rivera's second start, a 4-1 victory in Oakland on May 28.
READ BEFORE COMMENTING: Participation constitutes agreement to our
User Guidelines, which are stricter than most other blogs', so please read them before commenting. No advertising (posting links to your site), inflammatory (flaming) remarks, vulgarities (any kind of profanity that you can imagine) or questions about our
guidelines or comment deletions. We generally try to maintain a family friendly atmosphere here. Please keep this in mind. A few common examples:
- Posting a link to your blog or to any site you are affiliated with will probably get your comment deleted, unless we asked for it or it acts as a TrackBack.
- Asking why your comment was deleted will get your comment deleted. Please contact us instead.
- Attacking a blogger or fellow commenter instead of attacking their point will probably get your comment deleted.
Treat our users and our
guidelines with respect and you'll be fine. As long as you do that, we're happy to have you at the MarianoRivera.com.
Please note that all comments made on entries that are at least 14 days old are moderated.
