With a record 652 saves under his belt and five World Series rings, closer Mariano Rivera has had quite a run in pinstripes. In 2019, Rivera was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Asked about Mariano Rivera, Doug Mientkiewicz knows he never got a hit off the New York Yankees' great closer. He's glad to find out he's not alone. As Rivera approaches the ...

Somewhere along the line, in his journey from son of a sardine fisherman in Panama to greatest closer of all time, he learned to embrace the responsibility of being the magnanimous Mariano Rivera.

TORONTO — The end is near for Mariano Rivera, as painful as that is to write, much less comprehend. The greatest shame of all is that in his final curtain call, Mo got stuck on a broken-down ...

Former Yankees hurler Mariano Rivera will take his rightful place alongside ... Rivera would have been dubbed the best closer in history had he never unleashed a single pitch in the playoffs.

Coming into the Closer Role and Continuing the Dynasty ... and from an all-around standpoint, how can you say Mariano Rivera is not the greatest to ever live? And he is not finished yet.

Not closer, though. The closer, a modern position that really wasn't clearly defined until the late 70s has a singular greatest. His name is Mariano Rivera. Rivera has combined the two ...

closers were being asked to get only three outs. (Gossage says, with some justice, that he could have compiled all-universe numbers had he played in the current, namby-pamby era.) Mariano Rivera ...

One man? One pitch? Is this really the story behind the greatness of Yankees closer Mariano Rivera? Well, not exactly. "First of all, it’s not one pitch," Yankees captain Derek Jeter said ...

It was a memorable moment for Mariano Rivera III, but it was also a motivational one. The Yankees selected the son of legendary closer Mariano Rivera in the 29th round (872 overall) last June ...

"I am coming back," Mariano Rivera said Friday afternoon ... a title Rivera carries among his particular class of ballplayer, the closer. And Rivera's decision to attempt, at 42, to continue ...

“After this year, I will be retired.” With a record 652 saves under his belt and five World Series rings, closer Mariano Rivera has had quite a run in pinstripes. But before we look back at ...