Sunday, October 11, 2009

 

At the Metrodome October 11, ALDS game 3, Rivera's 53rd multi inning post season appearance

2001 wasn't "The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty" after all. Mo enters in the 8th, score 2-1. Final 4-1 Yankees over Twins. ALDS game 3.
top photo Star-Ledger, next reuters.

Jeff Passan: "While Games 1 and 2 were won by nearly $250 million in mercenary arms – CC Sabathia(notes) and A.J. Burnett’s(notes) – Pettitte carved up the Twins in Game 3. And Posada hit the go-ahead home run in the seventh inning. And Jeter made a brilliant defensive play the next inning, catching Twins runner Nick Punto(notes) taking too wide a turn around third base, relaying the ball to Posada and watching him gun down Punto at third.
Only one other pitcher has thrown in that many postseason games, period.
Pettitte, Posada, Jeter, and Rivera... "have spent parts of 57 seasons with the Yankees, only Pettitte’s three-year vacation with Houston interrupting 15 unabated years. Each debuted in 1995, and never before or since has a team seen such greatness in a single wave: two no-doubt Hall of Famers and two borderline, as much for their team accomplishments as individual....
"Familiar Faces push Yankees to the ALCS," 10/12/09, Passan, Yahoo.
Pettitte photo by ap. Reference to Dynasty by Ryan Fagan in his article on SportingNews.com, 10/11/09, "Like Old Times: Yanks Old Guard Pivotal in Win"

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Update: Rivera post season multi-inning apps. now stand at 57 out of 96 appearances:

Jeff Passan noted the 53 mark after ALDS game 3 in 2009.

All in 2009: ALCS game 2, ALCS game 6, World Series game 2, World Series game 6.



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