Mariano Rivera
KANSAS CITY, MO - MAY 11: Mariano Rivera #42 of the New York Yankees throws in the ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on May 11, 2013 in Kansas City, Missouri.
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It’s never going to be easy
I definitely appreciate all that, but I don’t think that would be right because I am not a starter ... I’m a reliever. Again, I do appreciate it, but I want to be who I am. I am a reliever. I respect the thought, but that is not what I do. Maybe, I’ll get the chance to close.
We would take old fishing nets, wrap them up and make baseballs ... We would climb trees and find the straightest limb. That was our bat. I have never forgotten where I came from. It's why I am who I am. It is the basis of my life.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Mariano Rivera continues to do the impossible
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 impossible it is 2:50 AM Read more »
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Buck Showalter could use a lesson from Joe Girardi
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 right arm.Buck Showalter? His slumping Orioles had to send out Freddy Garcia to face the first-place 5/20/13 Read more »
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Hafner homers, triples as Yankees beat Blue Jays
Wells delivered another key hit against his former team as the Yankees beat Toronto for the third straight day. With Mariano Rivera getting a day off to rest, Joba Chamberlain worked around a pair of one-out singles in the ninth for his first save since 2010.Jose Read more »
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Hafner’s 9th-inning HR ties it as Bombers rally past O’s
the left-handed swinging Hafner’s RBI single off lefty Brian Matusz upped the lead to 6-4 and was more than enough for Mariano Rivera to record the final three outs for a 17th save in 17 chances. The victory was the Yankees’ (28-16) third straight and 10th 2:53 AM from New York Post Read more »
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Yankees hit 4 HRs, beat Orioles 6-4 in 10 innings
Robertson (3-0) worked the ninth and Mariano Rivera got three straight outs for his 17th save in 17 tries. After Overbay put New York up 3-2 in the seventh with a homer off Troy Patton, Baltimore took the lead against Yankees starter CC Sabathia in the bottom 5/20/13 from Sify Read more »
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Yankees steal victory from jaws of defeat, beat Orioles 6-4 in series opener
lead when Travis Hafner slugged an opposite-field solo homer on a sinker that didn’t sink enough. In his 16 years as closer, Mariano Rivera has never blown three consecutive save opportunities. Johnson did it in his second full season on the job. Pronk only 5/20/13 from River Avenue Blues Read more »
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Hafner, Wells provide heroics for Yanks
with a game-tying solo homer in the ninth. Hafner added an RBI single in the 10th to give the Yankees an insurance run. Mariano Rivera had no such trouble, earning his 18th save in 18 opportunities with a scoreless 10th inning to give the Yankees their third 5/20/13 from New York Daily News Read more »
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New York Yankees: Not a roster for the ages, but subs are earning their pinstripes
34 on Monday. Eight Yankees who’ve helped hold the fort until Jeter (38) and A-Rod (37) get back are all older than Werth: Mariano Rivera (43), Andy Pettitte (40), Ichiro Suzuki (39), Hiroki Kuroda (38), Lyle Overbay (36), Travis Hafner (36), Vernon Wells 5/20/13 from The Washington Post Read more »
