Mariano Rivera

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• Mariano Rivera continues to do the impossible

  Mariano Rivera wasn't around much last season, so instead you heard a lot about Orioles closer Jim Johnson , who had 51 saves as the anchor to one of the best bullpens in baseball.Well, Rivera's back, and if anyone needed a reminder about just how imposs   Read more »

• Buck Showalter could use a lesson from Joe Girardi

  Before Monday night's game, Joe Girardi had to discuss how he planned to juggle four outfielders, whether or not Phil Hughes would bounce back from his previous disaster and also guesstimate the number of "bullets" left in Mariano Rivera 's 43-year-old r   Read more »

• Hafner homers, triples as Yankees beat Blue Jays

  (AP) -- Travis Hafner hit a three-run homer, then lumbered around the bases for a go-ahead triple in the seventh inning that sent CC Sabathia and the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 Saturday.Vernon Wells delivered another key hit against   Read more »

• Robinson Cano's 3-run HR helps Yanks beat Arizona

  Ivan Nova didn't exactly provide the distance Joe Girardi hoped for.No matter. Robinson Cano stayed red hot, with his three-run homer helping the Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Diamondbacks in front of 34,107 at the Stadium Tuesday night, when every p   Read more »

• Yankees remain optimistic despite the negative numbers

  DETROIT Vernon Wells actually felt lucky Saturday at Comerica Park . Not about his home run off Max Scherzer , an inside fastball that he tomahawked into the leftfield seats. No, Wells was fortunate that Prince Fielder , all 275 pounds of him, narrowly m   Read more »

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• Wasteful Strategy in Deploying Closers

  Rivera is considered the greatest relief pitcher of all time. The New York Yankees great has been dominant at all stages of his storied 19-season major league career and in all situations, whether as a setup man, a closer, during the regular season or during 12:14 AM from Real Clear Sports Read more »

• The Market for Jackie Robinson Memorabilia Soars

  of Jackie Robinson? Jackie Robinson’s number ‘42’ was retired by Major League Baseball in 1997. Once Yankee’s pitcher Mariano Rivera ends his career this season, the number ‘42’ will never again be worn, making ‘42’ and Jackie Robinson branded items in the 12:01 AM from Black Enterprise Read more »

• With expansion team, Major League Soccer getting bigger in Big Apple

  star Mariano Rivera greets Manchester City's Patrick Vieira during practice in New York last week. (Bill Kostroun, The Associated Press) News dropped like a boulder in a lake when Major League Soccer said this week it's adding a 20th team that will start play 5/23/13 from Denver Post Read more »

• 'Rags' to pitching riches: Righetti's skill sparked debate

  on a team, obviously, and you wanted to be on good teams," said Righetti, the Yankees' all-time save leader with 224 until Mariano Rivera came onto the scene. "And when you were, you wanted to be wanted by those people that were running those teams. Most of 5/23/13 from MLB.com Read more »

• Blown saves: The managerial misuse of closers

  Rivera is considered the greatest relief pitcher of all time. The New York Yankees great has been dominant at all stages of his storied 19-season major league career and in all situations, whether as a setup man, a closer, during the regular season or during 5/23/13 from Sporting News Read more »