The 38 years-old relief pitcher Marino Rivera obtained second place in his career saves with 479 over passing Lee Smith in the all-time list of saves. This is also Mo's 36th save during the present 2008 season. During the last game against the White Sox, it just took Mo seven pitches to close the win for the Yankees.
As Girardi expressed, Rivera has been consistent and his standing of excellence over his 13 years of baseball career reflects on his numbers. Mariano has barely given up two earned runs over his previous ten games and kept on to decrease his WHIP and ERA while increasing his saves.
However, Rivera's expectations have never been individualistic,
http://student.innoruvan.com/index.p...seball-cleats/, he is always been a team player and he will always be. Mariano always expects the best for his team and if the team wins, he is happy with that. It doesn't matter if he gets the second place of saves for him the joy is about winning against the White Sox. "With due respect to the game, it's OK to me, but to me, that isn't what it's about , it's about winning, I'm a team player, and I'm not really thinking about myself, and that's the way it's going to be," Rivera stated.
In 1995 Mariano Rivera began his professional career in the leagues as a starting pitcher. However, after his amazing pitching of approximately 95 and 96 MPH the Yankees managers decided to start him for 10 games in which he got a career high of 11 strikeouts only that season. Later as the season developed he participated as a relief pitcher and his amazing skills and abilities located him back at the bullpen.
One year later Mariano was playing as a set-up relief and he became an important player in the World Series that year. The following season in 1997 Mariano was the official Yankees closer, although his game wasn't as smooth as it could have been. Nevertheless,
http://mytaska.com/forumtaska/index....684#msg1454684, Mo proved them wrong by being consistent on his saves and strikeouts over the following years. Mariano became one of the best closer pitchers in the MLB, adding to his career four World Series titles.
Mariano was named World Series MVP in 1999, 2003 American League CS MVP and he has been awarded nine times as All-Star selection. As anyone can see, his legacy has been amazing during the past 13 years. Rivera has finished every regular season except one with a sub- 3.00 ERA,
http://socialnetwork.myhost2u.net/br...e/blog/574042/, adding 479th saves, WHIP 1.02, appearing 846 and finishing 713 games.
To many baseball fans, analysts, ex-players and managers Mariano Rivera is considered the best relief pitcher of all time, the best relief pitcher in postseason history and the best relief pitcher in the Yankees' history. Regardless of his incredible triumphs he remains a humble person with and a generous mentality. The Panamanian believes his legacy is due to the opportunity has been given in every game he has played over the past 13 years, therefore, he hopes his team will continue to be successful until he retires.
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