Discover the unparalleled legacy of Mariano Rivera, the legendary pitcher widely regarded as the greatest closer in baseball ...

Trump, a Yankees fan, praised Rivera, a Panama native who became a U.S. citizen, on Monday as “maybe the greatest pitcher of all time.” “Throughout Mariano’s incredible career, he remained ...

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 ...

Rivera becomes the first player in baseball history to be unanimously elected. Designated hitter Edgar Martinez, starting pitchers Roy Halladay and Mike Mussina, and the player many call the ...

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.

To me, it’s impossible to say with any authority whether or not Rivera is or isn’t the best pitcher ever. Though after reading that piece, it is hard to deny that he’s one of the elite ...

Before Rivera spoke, Trump debated aloud whether the Yankee hurler, generally acknowledged as the best closer of all time, was maybe the best pitcher, period. "It’s a big argument: Is he the ...

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 ...

He’s a starting pitcher, not a closer. The two are very close, despite Rivera’s hectic schedule until his recent retirement, and the last name is the same, but Rivera III, 20, wants to avoid ...

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 ...

About 15 miles north of Yankee Stadium, Mariano Rivera Jr. was mowing down hitters at a record-setting pace this spring. The son of the the iconic Yankees closer took home MAAC Pitcher of the Year ...