Deadspin (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Letterman on the supposed Alex Rodriguez-Madonna sex tape: "Apparently Alex Rodriguez likes taping that kind of thing. And here's the weird part; he brought in Mariano Rivera to close." [CBS Late...
The New SteveSilver.net (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
You think Mariano Rivera is intimidating? That's nothing. From the New York Post: A 75th-birthday bash for wrestling icon Capt. Lou Albano turned into a real-life "Wrestlemania" event when "The Sandman" allegedly got drunk and went berserk - and "The...
The LoHud Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The Yankees almost had no choice but to retain Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera last fall, even for the large salaries and multi-year contracts they commanded. There were no replacements available for them and taking away his closer and catcher would have been unfair to Joe Girardi. Rivera has been worth every penny so far. He [...]
The Final Score (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Jerome Holtzman, known as The Dean in baseball press boxes and in Chicago newsrooms, died last weekend at 82. Holtzman, a Hall of Fame sportswriter who served as baseball's official historian, is credited with inventing the save rule that...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Derek Jeter didn't know what happened. Mariano Rivera appeared just as lost. And if Ryan Sweeney had any idea, Oakland might have won.
The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
NEW YORK — Mariano Rivera closed out a stellar performance by Andy Pettitte in a wild ninth inning, making Jason Giambi's 20th home run and Alex Rodriguez's sacrifice fly stand up in the New York Yankees' 2-1 win over the Athletics on Sunday.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Derek Jeter didn't know what happened. Mariano Rivera appeared just as lost. And if Ryan Sweeney had any idea, Oakland might have won. Instead, Rivera closed out a stellar performance by Andy Pettitte in a wild ninth inning, making Jason Giambi's homer and...
The LoHud Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Andy Pettitte has gotten the win and Mariano Rivera the save 55 times. That ties the record set by Oakland’s Bob Welch and Dennis Eckersley. “That’s great,” Rivera said. “Andy is a good man, a good teammate and a great pitcher. I’m proud that we did that.” UPDATE, 4:50 p.m.: Upon further review by the Elias Sports [...]
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Yankees 4, Athletics 3 (12 innings): This see-saw battle ended on a strange play: Jose Molina got hit by a pitch to force in the game-winning run. The Yankees had a 2-0 lead in this one but Jose Veras let it -- and a win for Joba Chamberlain -- get away. Then Mariano Rivera allowed a run in the ninth, and the Yankees appeared dead. But after a caught stealing and a groundout left the Yankees with...
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
After a Bob Lobel accusation that Manny Ramirez looked at three Mariano Rivera pitches on July 6 as retaliation for the Red Sox fining him an alleged six-figures for roughing up an old man, the Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy dutifully collects the quotes….many of them defending Manny. “I don’t think this is false information,” Lobel said [...]
iPod Reviews Blog (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
It’s Friday afternoon and the Manny of the Hour is dead out on the couch in the visitors’ clubhouse, his toes pointed straight in the air, his hair pulled back under what looks to be a combination do-rag/headband, his head lolling to the sound of whatever’s pumping through his iPod.
http://riveraveblues.com/feed (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
On July 6th with the Red Sox and Yanks locked in a game that would eventually be decided by a Brett Gardner infield single, Manny Ramirez came up to pinch hit in the top of the 9th. With the winning run on base, Ramirez had the unenviable task of facing Mariano Rivera. Manny took three [...]
Call of the Green Monster (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Tragedy struck for the Papelbon family when they learned that last night hoards of irate Yankees fans demolished his home with bulldozers. The fans stated that the reason they carried out the heinous crime was because of Papelbon’s insults to Mariano Rivera prior to the All-Star game. They apparently still don’t understand that Papelbon actually paid tribute to Rivera and emphatically stated that Rivera...
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
"We’re moving to a new facility, but we’re bringing all the good memories to the new facility, so hopefully it will be fine," Yankee reliever Mariano Rivera was saying to The Observer Monday night. "We’re not moving that far, you know; a few blocks, a block , just half a block." Texas Ranger Josh Hamilton went deep 28 times in the first round of the Home Run Derby earlier in the evening, shattering...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog : Today in The Journal News — There was a really long All-Star Game that ended this morning. The American League won 4-3 in 15 innings. John Delcos has the story. — Mariano Rivera didn't get the save but he had a great night. Sam Borden has the story.
