By Bryan Hoch After Hiroki Kuroda and Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw turned a scoreless game over to the bullpens, the Yankees got three runs in the ninth to set the stage for Mariano Rivera to secure a series split with his 34th save. …read more
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By Ken Gurnick Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, baseball’s all-time saves leader who’s playing in his final season, lived up to his reputation as one of the game’s great ambassadors by meeting with a select group of Dodgers employees before Wednesday night’s series finale at Dodger Stadium. …read more
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By Mark Newman The 84th All-Star Game will be remembered as the perfect swan song for Mariano Rivera, and it also goes down as the best such exit ever. But a day after the Yankees’ closer received an unforgettable ovation and a Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award, several comparable All-Star Game exits for outgoing greats come to mind. …read more
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By Jason Beck Both Carlos Gomez and Jean Segura entered the All-Star Game as mid-game replacements. Segura followed National League starter Troy Tulowitzki at shortstop in the sixth inning. Gomez replaced Bryce Harper in right field an inning later. The Brewers duo also got a chance to face Mariano Rivera. …read more
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By AJ Cassavell Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, pitching in the last of his nine All-Star Games took home the MVP Award, tossing a scoreless eighth inning and stealing the show at Citi Field on Tuesday night. …read more
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By Bryan Hoch It seemed odd to see Mariano Rivera in the eighth inning and not his customary ninth, but the results came back just as effortless as usual in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game. …read more
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By Andrew Marchand New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera pitched a 1-2-3 8th inning in his final All-Star Game appearance …read more
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By Lindsay Berra Some of baseball’s best hurlers will show off the pitches that made them famous in Tuesday’s All-Star Game at Citi Field. Whether it’s Mariano Rivera’s famous cutter or Aroldis Chapman’s fastball, these skills put the players in a class of their own. …read more
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By Anthony Castrovince Respect is a word we often associate with Mariano Rivera. Even if you hate — hate — the Yankees with every fiber of your being, as many baseball fans no doubt do, you have to respect Rivera for his extraordinary success in the ninth inning and the exemplary way he has carried himself on and off the field lo these many years.
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By Bryan Hoch For each of his 19 seasons in the big leagues, Mariano Rivera has heard the rhythmic banging of John Adams‘ bass drum in the outfield seats, comprising the trusty soundtrack to accompany every game his Yankees have played within the Cleveland city limits. On Wednesday, Rivera finally had the chance to shake Adams’ hand and thank him for his passion.
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By Barry M. Bloom For the first time since July 8, 2010, in Seattle, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera both pitched for the Yankees in a regular-season game. Just like Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, Pettitte started, Rivera finished, and the Yankees won, this time defeating the Red Sox, 4-1. …read more
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By The Huffington Post News Editors
NEW YORK — Andy Pettitte was a rock on the mound in his latest gritty performance. Mariano Rivera jogged in from the bullpen to nail down a ninth-inning lead.
Following two straight duds to start the season, the banged-up New York Yankees finally looked like themselves Thursday night.
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By Matt Ehalt Yankees closer Mariano Rivera appeared in a game for the first time since tearing his ACL on May 3, 2012 when he pitched the ninth inning and recorded the save against Boston in the Yankees’ 4-2 win Thursday night. …read more
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By Bryan Hoch and Adam Berry A torn right anterior cruciate ligament interrupted Mariano Rivera‘s plans of retiring after the 2012 season, and he has now made his decision public to call it a career after he and the Yankees are done in ’13. Rivera said that what will be his last Opening Day has not felt very different than the others, but he has certainly heard the pleas that have filtered in from the grandstands. …read more
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By The Huffington Post News Editors
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama‘s reformatted campaign organization held a conference call with New York state supporters Wednesday night to stoke grassroots support for public campaign financing in the state.
The call, hosted by Organizing for Action, the non-profit that has replaced the Obama campaign, introduced volunteers to publicly financed elections, which have been endorsed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). OFA leaders explained that volunteers won’t have to build a campaign from the ground-up, but rather will help push reform legislation over the finish line.
“We’re not asking you to be starting pitchers, but you can be Mariano Rivera if you come in right now and get this done,” New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said, referring to the future Hall of Fame New York Yankees closer.
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By Bryan Hoch The stamp that Mariano Rivera has made on the Yankees organization cannot be measured by his record-setting save totals or by witnessing the magnificent cutter that has proved lethal for so many Louisville Sluggers across the years. …read more
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By Richard Justice Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera weren’t just great players, although they certainly were that. They were consummate professionals, representing the Yankee pinstripes in a way that will be the blueprint for future Major Leaguers. …read more
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By Adam Berry The Yankees already had to face the reality of a world without Mariano Rivera last year. But after Saturday’s announcement that the 2013 season will be the iconic closer’s last hurrah, they’ll have time to prepare for what comes next. But of course, even in their wildest dreams, the Yankees can’t hope to simply replace Rivera. …read more
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By Marty Noble The Yankees appear to be sinking like a stone. The superiority that enabled Mariano Rivera to amass so many postseason records has been eroded. …read more
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By Richard Justice Befitting a player who has done everything with grace, poise and precision, Mariano Rivera said all the right things on a difficult day. He said it was not a day of sadness, but it felt incomprehensibly sad for those of us who have had the honor of watching him pitch. …read more
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