Mariano Rivera Highlights

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9/29/11, "Mariano Rivera, I wish I could come up with a cliché that hasn’t been said about him. He’s as good as can be. I think

• the game gets played with the fear that he’s out there.

It’s like swimming in the ocean. You know the sharks are out there, so you don’t go as far as you want to. You see

• teams try things a little earlier because they don’t want to get to him.

With his command of the cutter, he makes All-Stars look feeble."

• 9/29/11, "ALDS matchups: Yankees vs. Tigers," Newsday, Ken Davidoff, quote from unnamed scout