Too many 'closers' this winter?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...dozens of other relief pitchers can't give you. And most of them will come cheaper. Mariano Rivera is a closer. So is Joe Nathan, and Francisco Cordero, and Jonathan Papelbon. A few others...
Blog | December 21, 2009Battle of the Decades: 1990s vs. 2000s
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comWhich decade produced better players, the 1990s or 2000s? At least in this simulated series, the old guys get the last laugh.
Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Year of the Career Achievement Award. First Derek Jeter is Sportsman of the Year, and now Mariano Rivera is Pro Athlete of the Year? In a year in which he didn't appear on...
Blog | December 18, 2009Top 100 players of the decade
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comAlbert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez were the clear-cut first two choices for the top 100 players of the decade; after that, the list got a little more difficult.
Story | Conversation | December 14, 2009What Wagner brings to Braves
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...time," but I don't know if the left-handed thing gets Wagner any bonus points. Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman have already had their tickets punched for Cooperstown, but I'm not so...
Blog | December 02, 2009What Wagner brings to Braves
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotWhat Wagner brings to Braves
Story | Conversation | December 02, 2009Greinke learns from the nerds?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...line drives off Sergio Mitre, but always seem to weakly put the ball in play against Mariano Rivera is not a factor of luck. While the concept of FIP does have some predictive value...
Blog | November 18, 2009Another measure of Mo's brilliance
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotAs I continue to marvel at Mariano Rivera's postseason career, my friend Mark Armour sent me this: Rivera One way to...
Blog | November 06, 2009What makes Mo so great
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotIn the wake of yet another brilliant postseason performance, Dave Allen looks at Mariano Rivera's pitches and goes a fair piece toward explaining just what makes Mo so great: Rivera...
Blog | November 05, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 6
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Damaso Marte trotted in from the bullpen and struck out Chase Utley with three pitches. With Mariano Rivera lurking in the bullpen, Utley's checked-swing third strike sucked nearly all of the life...
Blog | November 04, 2009To be 'right,' Girardi has to win
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...they trust, at a time when the only other pitcher Girardi really trusts is the great Mariano Rivera. By now everybody knows that the last team to win a World Series going with just...
Blog | November 04, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 4
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...t scored in the ninth, Girardi apparently was going to bring in Phil Coke rather than Mariano Rivera, echoing a similar mistake made by Joe Torre six years ago, also in Game 4 of...
Blog | November 02, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 3
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the late innings, it'll be fair to wonder if Girardi really needed to bring in Mariano Rivera to record two outs in an 8-5 game (fortunately for Girardi, Mo needed only five...
Blog | November 01, 2009Manuel's take on 'good baseball'
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...inning of Game 2, when Chase Utley grounded into a 4-6-3 double play against Mariano Rivera. --snip-- "I didn't even have to think about that," Manuel said of not sending the...
Blog | October 31, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...be bunting in the first place? I sure thought so. But Dave Cameron says that with Mariano Rivera warming up in the bullpen, bunting was the smart move. Speaking of the ol' sacrifice, Mitchel...
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