From Jim Kaat:Great to turn on my Kindle this morning and read where Mariano Rivera got his 500th save. And no disrespect for Trevor Hoffman because 500 saves is a great accomplishment for anyone regardless of their team's position in the standings, but to get 500 saves as a New York Yankee in the fire of a pennant race every year and every game, and add the extra load of all the postseason, saves makes "MO" stand out as the greatest closer of all time. I remember when that talk started several years ago when he hadn't reached 300 saves yet and I said, "Let's wait and let him achieve what he's going to achieve and then crown him."Now, he's achieved it....To accomplish what Mo has with almost exclusively one pitch, the pitch we have come to know as a cutter -- even though it really is what I always called a pure slider -- and throw it at one speed in one location makes what he's done even more remarkable. High and tight to left-handed batte...
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