Mariano Rivera

[lakerboy]

Will we ever see another pitcher in our life like this? The best clutch athlete of our lifetime!! Sure he has been human but we will never see his kind again.

[BobHarvey]

lakerboy,

I was just thinking the same thing. Has there been a better post-seaon closer in the history of the game?

[TPowell]

Bill Mueller just pissed his pants from this thread

[Immortality]

Will we ever see another pitcher in our life like this? The best clutch athlete of our lifetime!! Sure he has been human but we will never see his kind again.

Probably not. The guy has dominated his whole career basically throwing one pitch. It is amazing.

[MJFtheGenius]

no

[RichardMoss]

Will we ever see another pitcher in our life like this? The best clutch athlete of our lifetime!! Sure he has been human but we will never see his kind again.

With a career record of 917games, 71 wins, 52 losses & 526 saves...the word 'hard' gets short!

[lakerboy]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverma01.shtml?redir

[pavyracer]

He will never be as clutch as Mark Wohlers or John Rocker.

[lakerboy]

He will never be as clutch as Mark Wohlers or John Rocker.

Love the sig pavler

[eidolon]

and whats scary is that his last two seasons, he has had his best SO/9 and SO/BB (well almost)

0.665 WHIP at the age of 38? WTF

[lakerboy]

Greatest pitcher of all time !!!!!!

[BestPlay2day]

It's amazing how dominate of a closer he has been and still is for so many years.

[HotStreak]

An amazing talent playing for an organization dedicated to winning at any cost. A rare opportunity to pile up never seen statistics.

Imagine if Nolan Ryan had pitched for the Yankees during this same era Mariano has. Great talents and great organizations rarely stay together this long. The Yanks have Mo and Jeter.

[Shortstop]

Mariano Rivera is a freak of nature. He is lights out and has bizarre movement and placement on his pitches.

I like his attitude also, he's all business. He knows he's the best and he acts like it.

[Bruno87]

Best closer ever

[BobHarvey]

Best closer and one of the classiest players I've ever seen. No showboating, no clowning, all business. His highlight reel should be mandatory viewing for every new player.

[Intuitive_Edge]

Represents the number 42 in baseball with utmost respect.

[BobHarvey]

Represents the number 42 in baseball with utmost respect.

Yes he does.

[lakerboy]

Rivera has messed up 3-4 games out of over 110. Pretty amazing.

[Kaps]

best closer ever

[Doug]

He still has "it" !

HOF pitcher

[Shortstop]

What he just did in Anaheim...

[lakerboy]

What he just did in Anaheim...

Shorty i was just thinking of this thread

[poker_dummy101]

i hate the yankees but hes amazing

[jjgold]

He is Yankee MVP every year for the last 12 years or so

[JamesGenius]

hes 38 and still looks 25, been my favorite yankee since 1995

[pavyracer]

He is Yankee MVP every year for the last 12 years or so

Yankees haven't won a WS in 9 years. He can't be the MVP of the last 9 years.

[teaserpleaser]

hes 38 and still looks 25, been my favorite yankee since 1995

True guy does look young.

[MrMonkey]

He will never be as clutch as Mark Wohlers or John Rocker.

Pavy, don't bring back bad memories! Pavy, tailed you in soccer one day, went 2-2 but still +units. Was going to continue to do so and then you went away for awhile after the bash! Anything on the Champs games today?

Yes, Laker, Rivera scares the crap out of me if the Phils and Yanks make it to the series! Don't want to be behind! Alot more history exists than with Broxton!

[dmtrader]

The way he pitched out of that bases loaded in Anaheim...

[Shortstop]

He's not too shabby.

[reno cool]

that piece of shit cost me a big bet in '05 by blowing a save against Oakland. **** that bum.

[Jak]

Not bad for a guy that gets paid 15mil
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[Rollins08]

Best ever, plain and simple

[blackbart]

simply the best
key to his success is repeatability