Mariano Rivera Highlights

• "Of all the positions in all of professional team sports,

• there is no greater gap than the best closer of all time

• to the second-best.

• He is that good....

The difference-maker, of course, is Rivera. And regardless of what the Yankees do for the remainder of the series,

• his two-thirds of an inning in the eighth of Game 5
• underscored his greatness as a pitcher.

Down a run, Chamberlain entered in the eighth. He gave up a double and a one-out infield single to Aybar, who then stole second base. Needing to keep the deficit at a run, with runners on second and third, Girardi called on Rivera, who hadn't given up a sacrifice fly all season. Figgins hit a soft liner to right and Abreu flied to end the inning....

• Mariano Rivera proved yet again the breadth of the gap between him

• and every other closer."...

by Howard Bryant, "Moves Making ALCS More Interesting," 10/23/09, ESPN.com




















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