- "(Dennis) Eckersley, whose 390 saves rank him fifth on the all-time list, thinks
"Mariano [Rivera] is humble and composed, he's like an iceman out there," said Dennis Eckersley, the man who defined the modern closer role. "He never looks like he's struggling. And you know what's unbelievable? For more than a decade,
- "He breaks the bats of more left-handed hitters than anyone in history," Eckersley said. "I don't think you could teach that cutter.
- Mariano just came down from the heavens with it." "
7/6/09, Lesley Visser, CBS TV Sports, "
Eck delivers opinions like high cheese under the chin"
# posted by susan @ 11:50 PM
