Mariano Rivera Highlights

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Running, Feb. 21, 2012, reuters.

2/22/12, Sherman, "He is not just a closer, but a closer for a perennial contender in New York with a parade-or-bust mindset. His response is somehow to be the greatest regular-season closer ever and, arguably,

• the greatest postseason player

• of any position.

That is why Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild said, “It is so much more than the numbers he put up [that will have to be replaced].”"...

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2/22/12, "Providing peace of mind is part of Rivera's legend," Joel Sherman, NY Post, photo above, C. Wenzelberg, NY Post, (undated, may or may not be contemporaneous to the 2/22/12 NY Post article in which it appears).

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• Jan. 12, 2006, “Gossage Beyond Compare,” Denver Post, Jim Armstrong

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Rivera in Tampa, posted by Lohud Yankee blog, 2/22/12