Mariano Rivera Highlights

Labels: Happy Birthday Mo

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• And down there, off the starboard side, behind the tall buildings of Panama City, Mariano Rivera was born -- 40 years ago this Sunday. Another magical athlete, with his five World Series championship rings,
  

• the greatest relief pitcher in the history of major league baseball.
  

It was over there that he learned his craft, the cut fastball that continues to mesmerize batters for the Yankees."...

• 'Trip to Panama brings thoughts of Rod Carew, Mariano Rivera," by Jerry Green, Detroit News, 11/28/09
  

Labels: Detroit News, Rivera greatest relief pitcher in history-Green

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• as Boston Red Sox fans feel about the

• Yankees’ closer Mariano Rivera.

• We hate the team, but we respect the man."...

• ap photo, Rivera hits foul ball v Mets 6/28/09, same night as his first career RBI, and 500th regular season save.
  

Labels: Name of Rivera evoked in Harvard-Yale classic

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Labels: New Nike ad with Mariano Rivera

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• "Rivera is the greatest relief pitcher in history. Period."...

• Rivera is Yankees' "greatest weapon" Bryan Hoch, MLB.com,

• "Rivera pitched more than an inning four times against the Twins and Angels in the playoffs, and

• he's a world removed from the
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• pampered, three-outs-and-hit-the-food-spread
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• fraternity."....

Labels: Rivera greatest relief pitcher in history--Harrington

# posted by susan @ 1:07 AM 0 comments

• (NY Times): "“You leave these playoffs with a lot of things,”

• But the one thing that comes out of it for me is Rivera.
  
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• Rivera is the difference.”...

• I didn’t have half the stuff that he has, I don’t see why he couldn’t do it at that age,” Eckersley said.

• “I never had that dominant pitch that he has. I mean, who does?” "...

Labels: Eckersley--Rivera is the difference.

# posted by susan @ 11:58 PM 0 comments

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• Mo enters in the 8th, getty photo

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• Mariano, Arod World Series game 6. ap photo
  

• Mariano greets fans after World Series game 6, ap photo

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• Fab Four, 11/04/09, photo by Pokress, Newsday

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• Mo and key to the city, Nov. 5, 2009, reuters
  

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• Amore, Hartford Courant: "Fox cameras caught Mariano Rivera using a heating pad on his side during Game 4 of the World Series, and although he denied it at the time, it turns out he did have a muscle strain, dating back to the ALCS, and pitched through it."...11/6/09, "How bad was Rivera Hurt?" Hartford Courant
  

# posted by susan @ 12:36 AM 0 comments

• World Series game 4 pregame on XM 175, Buck Martinez said of Mo:

• "He might be the most impactful player we've ever seen."

• "hitters are more tired in October."

Labels: Mariano Rivera most impactful player ever--Buck Martinez

# posted by susan @ 7:16 PM 0 comments

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• Only 5 pitches this night, World Series game 3. getty, getty,
• ap, ap
  

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