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Steve Serby Sunday Q&A With Mariano Rivera
August 16, 2009 by
Yanks Blog
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Steve Serby of the Post has his Sunday Q&A with Mariano Rivera this week.
Q: The last time you were nervous away from the mound?
A: That's not for you to know.
Ha.
Joe Posnanski: What made this Yankees team so different?
25 days ago by
Sports Illustrated
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NEW YORK -- The Yankees clubhouse reeked of champagne, it smelled the way you might imagine Don Ho's living room used to smell. Well, this is what you get when you win a World Series. Here Mariano Rivera stood in the doorway waiting for family. There Mark Teixeira wore goggles...
Can this Yankees bullpen be as good as the championship pens?
October 16, 2009 by
Big League Stew
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When the Yankees won three consecutive World Championships at the end of the last decade, their bullpen was a big key to their success. Ramiro Mendoza, Mike Stanton(notes), Mariano Rivera(notes) and Jeff Nelson(notes) (clockwise) played pestilence, famine, war and death on the Yankees...
Mariano Rivera Takes Time Off for Sore Shoulder, Personal Reasons
August 13, 2009 by
Yanks Blog
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Bill Madden of the Daily News reports that Mariano Rivera was held out of last night's action due to a sore shoulder.
Girardi doesn't seem concerned, according to the report, and Mariano shared a similar sentiment. An earlier report by Andy Mc...
Yankees Win the Best Thing for MLB
by Terence MooreFiled under: Yankees, World SeriesNEW YORK -- Oh, it was a loaded question, all right. The guy that I expected to answer was Bud Selig, whose role as baseball commissioner expands beyond the new sacred walls in the Bronx that feature the plaques of Yankee greats.I asked...
Conquest of the Planet of the Wakefields!
20 days ago by
Surviving Grady
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Bow your heads! This tribunal is in session!Thank you, General Aldo. We have a lot to cover today. First things first, this human. The one called Wakefield.We found him loitering in our crops, Doctor!Is this true, human?I was having a catch. We lost the ball in the corn, I went looking...
Mo and Joe Ruin Burnett's Strong Start
September 19, 2009 by
Sliding Into Home
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(REUTERS/Robert Sorbo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NYY 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 8 0 SEA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 0WP - Felix Hernandez (16-5) LP - Mariano Rivera (3-3) I was out watching the game at a bar with a few friends...
Previewing The ALCS
October 13, 2009 by
Sliding Into Home
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I know Greg or Mike might want to do something like this in the coming days, and I know Game 1 isn't until Friday, but I'd like to preview the AL Championship Series between the Yanks and the Angels.The Yankees, as you know, are coming off a great ALDS against the Twins, as...
Mad Gab
October 30, 2009 by
We Should Be GM's
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Piss poor umpiring has been the story of the 2009 MLB postseason and the another chapter was written last night. 1st base umpire, Brian Gorman, blew 2 calls in back-to-back half innings: 1. the "linedrive" double play and 2. the Utley GIDP. 1. Ryan Howard caught that ball...
World Series: Burnett Displays His Own Dominance In Game 2
October 29, 2009 by
Blog Critics
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AJ Burnett and Mariano Rivera combined to shut down the Phillies prolific offense and even the World Series at 1-1.
A deceptively simple cause for Joba's problems
July 16, 2009 by
This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes
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Tonight, I appeared as a guest on Steve Keane's Pro Baseball Central show on BlogTalkRadio.Through much arguing and bickering about the importance of the eighth inning and what will happen when Mariano Rivera's contract expires, there was a point raised that I found worthy...
Yanks Win 7-4 to Move to Within One Win of #27
28 days ago by
Sliding Into Home
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(AP Photo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NYY 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 9 1 PHI 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 8 1 WP - Joba Chamberlain (1-0) LP - Brad Lidge (0-1) SV - Mariano Rivera (2) Another thriller, another win, and another step closer to that illusive 27th ring. With a big three-run ninth the...
They Hate Us
October 20, 2009 by
iSportacus
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In yet another example of the media hating Philly, espn.com ran an article today about the alleged spit ball thrown by Mariano Rivera yesterday against the Angels. Except in the article he was playing against the Phillies. The last paragraph read “beside the fact that 45,000...
Are We Seeing A Shift Away from Win/Loss?
11 days ago by
Athletics Nation
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by Ed Zurga - AP
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And the awards continue...
For all of my complaining in recent years about how the baseball writers ignore even the most basic of stats (ERA, WHIP) in favor...
Yankees' Rivera laughs off spitball accusation
October 21, 2009 by
Washington Times
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ANAHEIM, Calif. | If Mariano Rivera managed to spit on a ball in front of 45,000 fans at Angel Stadium, six umpires and a national television audience during Game 3 of the American League Championship Series and get away with it, well, that must have been one magic loogie. The New...
A.J. Brilliant As Yanks Tie It Up
October 30, 2009 by
Sliding Into Home
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(AP Photo/David J. Phillip) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PHI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 NYY 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 3 8 0WP - A.J. Burnett (1-0)LP - Pedro Martinez (0-1)SV - Mariano Rivera (1)On a night where the Yankees needed...
Enter Sandman?
September 28, 2009 by
We Should Be GM's
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Have you ever seen Ryan Madson show that much emotion before? I thought for a second he might go apeshit spastic like K-Rod.After yesterday's win over the Brew Crew the magic number is down to 3 but more importantly the Phils may have found their closer. I know it was only one...
MLB: Video doesn't show Mariano Rivera doctoring ball
MLB reportedly dismissed accusations against Mariano Rivera that he doctored a baseball.
Girardi laughs at allegations Rivera used spit
October 20, 2009 by
Digital Sports Daily
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By Travis Duncan
A video has surfaced which shows Yankees closer Mariano Rivera spitting towards the ball during the 10th inning of Monday’s ALCS game against the Anaheim Angels. Before Tuesday night’s game in Anaheim Joe Giardi said he laughed when he heard the allegations...
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera comfortable in bullpen session, could return Sunday from groin injury
September 06, 2009 by
NY Daily News
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Mariano Rivera had "no problems at all" during a 16-pitch bullpen session, clearing the way for him to return to the mound as soon as Sunday.
Not The Yankees Again
25 days ago by
Sports Blog Net
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Would you believe it’s already been eight years since Luis Gonzalez’s RBI single off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth lifted Arizona to a 3-2 win in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series.
I certainly remember the moment well. Gonzo jumping up & down with boundless...
Close call? Yankees say Rivera ready good to go
September 06, 2009 by
CBSSports.com
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All-Star closer Mariano Rivera is ready to return to the New York Yankees after experiencing soreness in his left groin.
New York Yankees' Mariano Rivera ready to return to closer's role
All-Star closer Mariano Rivera is ready to return to the New York Yankees after experiencing soreness in his left groin.
Rivera on the shelf with groin tightness
September 03, 2009 by
NY Daily News
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Mariano Rivera's incredible season came upon its first injury Wednesday, as the Yankees revealed that the closer is battling a minor groin trouble. Rivera first experienced tightness in his left groin on Aug. 15 in Seattle.
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera doesn't miss a beat in return
September 08, 2009 by
NY Daily News
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Taking the mound for the first time in nearly a week, Mariano Rivera raised a few eyebrows by issuing a leadoff walk in the ninth inning of Monday's day game, but the Yankees' closer ultimately erased any doubt about his left groin.
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