ESPN.com's Jayson Stark makes the case for a new award for the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) to vote on: the Jerome Holtzman Award. Named for the inventor of the modern save rule, this award would honor the finest relievers. Stark mentions Mo as an example:
Not a Cy Young. Not an MVP. Not a Nobel Prize. Not even a People's Choice Award.
But then, that's nothing new for Mariano Rivera. He may be directly responsible for putting five World Series rings on the fingers of his good friends, Derek Jeter and George M. Steinbrenner 3rd. But clearly, baseball seems incapable of finding an award that the greatest closer in history is allowed to win.
Well, it's time to change that.
Thanks Jack for the tip.
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