Either way, he's poised to walk away from baseball as the single best relief pitcher the game has ever known. There's also the fact that Rivera ranks among the greatest pitchers of the last 25 ...

It's only fitting, as we honor the Most Valuable Pitcher of the Decade, that the last man standing is the guy who is so adept at recording the final out. Enter Mariano Rivera. The Sandman.

“He is the most dominant relief pitcher in the history of ... Ruth built and Rivera closed out.” Mr. Rivera is also a philanthropist whose Mariana Rivera Foundation, a nonprofit, helps poorer ...

On Tuesday, Rivera, who is a starter for Iona College, was named the 2015 Pitcher of the Year for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Rivera struck out 113 batters in 85 innings over 14 ...

But there was something about Rivera's performance in spring training that told Torre that this pitcher was going to be special -- and it wasn't the cut-fastball that he would become famous for in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump tossed baseballs with Hall of Fame pitcher Mariano Rivera on Thursday to mark the opening of the pro baseball season, which was delayed by the ...

(CBS News) Bronx tears were flowing Thursday night as the man who was arguably baseball's greatest relief pitcher said good bye. That was when Mariano Rivera pitched for the last time at Yankee ...

The statistic that is most often associated with Mariano Rivera is the save ... Created in the 1960s, it is earned when a pitcher throws an inning to finish a game with no more than a three ...