It will be unusual not to see Mariano Rivera closing for the Yankees. Thrown on top of not seeing Andy Pettitte every fifth start and eventually not seeing Derek Jeter at SS every day and this is going to be a very different Yankee ball club in the next few years. Who is going to be the face of the franchise when these guys are gone?
Rivera was classy, almost regal throughout his magnificent career. And he did it with basically one pitch that major league hitters still have not figured out how to attack. First ballot HOF'er.
from mercurynews.com
POSTGAME NOTES: Giants lose No. 82 for first time since 2008 | Giants Extra:
"— Via CSN’s Ahmed Fareed, an interesting story from the Wall Street Journal on balls and strikes, and it includes this note: “Yankees closer Rivera has been helped this year by the fact that 14.3% of his pitches taken outside the zone have been called for strikes, an MLB high.”
When I was writing about Rivera the other day, I asked Pence for his memories from his lone matchup with the Yankees closer.
“I struck out looking,” he said, smiling. “On a ball.”"'via Blog this'
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