A lot of them were 6 inning saves. Torre would put him in, in the 8th. That's one of the reasons he blew the save in game 7 of the 2001 WS. He came in and had an easy 123 inning in the 8th but then struggled in the 9th. I believe in was the same in the blown save in game 4 in 04 against the Red Sox.
His postseason stats alone, are like a closer's regular season stats... it's ridiculous! Firstly, for his career as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons, he was a thirteen-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, he is MLB's career leader in saves (652) and games finished (952). For the postseason, Mariano Rivera had a record of 8-1 with an ERA of 0.70, 110 strikeouts and 42 saves in 96 appearances in his career.
Mo's playoff stats: 141 innings pitched, 0.70 ERA. Just let that sink in. Absolutely incredible. The 12th most innings pitched by a pitcher in MLB history, and he was a CLOSER. No other closers are in the top 25.
Well it's because the yankees always had stacked teams and could get to the postseason so often. But still pretty remarkable what rivera was able to accomplish.
@@robertsmith2088 What matters is what you do in the postseason when you get there. Had their closer been Billy Wagner, they may not even made it past Texas considering his postseason track record.
@@Iamhungey That's right, you can't dismiss those stats. It's a credit to his reliability and longevity as a closer as well to have the opportunity to accumulate such stats. Just I think we can't dismiss being on the right team at the right team also provides you the opportunity to perform in the post season as well to stack up those innings.
This is such a legendary and unusual tale. Because, he came back from being demoted with a month long stint at double-A or triple-A in June 1995 and was just a different pitcher when he faced the White Sox for a July 4th call up/start. In that start he struck out 11 batters, and it was obvious in their reactions from the start of the game that neither the announcers nor the batters expected him to be throwing nearly as hard as he was.
Simply the greatest ever! As a Yankees fan, from 98 through 2000 you were never worried about anything. 2001 was hard to deal with but there were many amazing moments! The best times as a Yankees fan!
When he threw that ball wildly into center field when throwing to second base at a critical moment in the World Series, some say that it was the beginning of the end of the Yankees championship run.
@@arthursmith6854 Not to mention the fact that he broke three bats and yet they all somehow resulted in hits, two of which were bloops that barely got past the infield. It pretty much tells you that it' just wasn't his night when everything that could go wrong happened.
THE following (may) is intended for entertainment purposes only... and so is baseball. Baseball is fake and a waste of time... you'll never realize this FACT, unless someone tells you. There, I did it... When they say "Do you know how many people would have to be IN ON IT? ... That would be impossible." You have to THINK... NO, it's absolutely POSSIBLE. IT's NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. So why would they exaggerate...??? (because ,it is not only possible.) ) IT IS HAPPENING... AND THEY ARE ALLLLLLLLL "IN ON IT" It's) Not just baseball... IT IS all pro sports, politics, mainstream media, law enforcement, and the neighbors that !@#$ their half sister's 5 year-old that profit from the exploitation of impoverished societies created from the civilizations Thoth sets up in our timeline These people hate you. They infiltrate our country and pretend to be "Americans". They are from a hidden continent located "In Between" the Intern'l Date Line. Their job is to keep the prison from rioting.
2001 still hurts to this day. I just think he got overused. Torre usually would put him in the 8th which he did in game 7 as well and he had an easy 123 inning but struggled coming back in the 9th.
As a Bostonian we always feared and respected M. Rivera! One of a few Yankees we actually respected. That reverse sweep was more meaningful than the series between St. Louis for our first Championship in 96 years. However looking back man was he amazing to watch pitch!
When “Enter Sandman” would start playing, and Mariano would start jogging to the mound, I’d get the chills. The whole experience with my brother is a great memory. Gary Sheffield, Giambi, Jeter, Posada. I vividly remember Mariano running out. I was right behind the bullpen in the old Yankees stadium. It was magic! Those memories at the old stadium (maybe nostalgia) but for me, they were magical, and no one could tell me differently
Your post brought back all those wonderful memories...whst time it was to be a Yankee fan! I'm hoping we get nunber 28 in the Judge era starting this Friday!
I here to tell you differently...baseball is controlled by gambling and those memories are real... it's the game that was fake. The players are not legitimately competing against each other. It's one whole team, playing one gambling controlled game designed to steal your time, money, and energy. It's working...
Mo has said that that blown save in G7 in 2001 is the greatest save he ever made. Yankee infielder Enrique Wilson - who had become friends with Mariano after being traded to the Yankees in June 2001 - had scheduled a flight to go back home to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on November 12, 2001, because that would have been the day after the victory parade in the Canyon of Heroes. On November 12, 2001, American Airlines Flight 587 ended in a fiery crash in Belle Harbor on the Rockaway Peninsula in Southern Queens and killed 265 people - everyone on board and 5 people on the ground after the vertical stabilizer separated from the aircraft after aggressive overuse of the rudder controls by the First Officer. Since the Yankees lost Game 7, Enrique Wilson rescheduled his flight and went home a few days earlier, thus saving his life.
Rivera consistently destroyed my team, but he did it equally to everyone else’s teams too so it’s hard not to hold a lot of respect him, while I really don’t like any of the guys he played with 😂
It was more than just one pitch. He was doing fine without it during the 1995 and 1996 seasons. His main pitches then was a rising fastball and an off speed sinker. It's really his poise and mental stability is why he became immortal.
He was so nasty in 96 with that riser. The cutter I think prolonged his career though and he was able to get people out with less pitches. A true master of His craft.
To call his cutter "one pitch" leaves out so much context. He knew how to change the pressure on his finger to adjust the amount of "cut", and where it ended up. He could throw two cutters in a row, and one would end up in the dirt, and one knee high off the plate.
i didnt understand the video at all. Rivera made it sound like he was just throwing his 4 seamer and it happened to start moving. Then the video guy said Rivera started mixing in a cutter. Now you're saying he had multiple versions. So did he have a 4 seamer he could control and then had different cutters? That's not the way Rivera or the video guy made it sound.
@@tchlin i think you may have misunderstood the question. "it sound like he was just throwing his 4 seamer and it happened to start moving. Then the video guy said Rivera started mixing in a cutter. Now you're saying he had multiple versions. So did he have a 4 seamer he could control and then had different cutters? That's not the way Rivera or the video guy made it sound."
Excellent video. I was lucky enough to be at his final game ever - the feeling in the stadium is something I can hardly describe. Positive and thankful is the best I can come up with.
Mariano was the only relief pitcher I've seen that was always happy go lucky smiling laughing with everyone team mates opposing players I've seen pitchers stay really really serious at all times but Mariano was never ever like that even in pressure situations he always manage to smile he's truly a one of kind man and stayed that way till the end of his iconic legendary career God bless you Mariano you are the greatest relief pitcher ever with the greatest humanitarian attitude I've ever seen on a major league Ballplayer ❤🙂👍
@@Gold_Silver. Bernie Williams, Posada, Rivera, and Jeter. All lifelong yankees. I hate the yankees but gotta respect having foure players play an entire career for just one team. It's very rare in baseball nowadays.
That thing movement was out of this world. If it was in today's game, he might have gone unsigned, 18 years old and only 84 MPH would not get scouts attention. during that time scouts were not purely data driven but also relied heavily on what they “saw” in a player.
This is my all time favorite player, hands down. He was a virtual lock mostly every time he went out in the playoffs. Yes, he blew some tough ones, but he was up against the best teams in baseball when that happened, that just shows how tough a sport it is. You look at how many times closers now fail or have their careers cut short and you can just marvel at how he was good for a long time. Every time hed blow a couple games in a row the media would question if hes done, but no one could shake that off and bounce back stronger better than Mo. Love his faith in Jesus Christ and how he always gave Him credit and never ashamed to talk about Him. Its no wonder why he was the only Hall of Famer out of hundreds of legends throughtout history to be voted unanimously for the Hall of Fame! God certainly Blessed Mariano Rivera!
Thanks for posting this. It was the most incredible times as a Yankee fan to witness such an amazing feat. It was almost like a great movie watching Joe Torre and Don Zimmer in the dugout to begin their dynasty. Such a presence and enjoyed every minute when they were around. Not to take any credit away from Mariano "Mo" Rivera but I'd give credit to Jorge Posada behind the dish catching his balls, as well. He had such a flexible and strong lower half and wrist that he always caught the ball in the center of his body. And rather than exaggerating with framing, he kept his mitt tight and still. Let alone, when Mariano found it again in '98, he had the "Rising Fastball" (Okay, it's an optical illusion) he somehow found that "SPIN RATE" to not drop in the trajectory of his 4-seamer. And he would use that pitch to set it up for his CUTTER. Jorge did such a wonderful job behind the plate, also.
People hate the Yankees, yet no one hates Rivera. He's the epitome of a class act. Fun fact: Starting in 1996 the Yankees won 14 straight World Series games that they played in. In 1996 after dropping 2 games, they won four straight against the Braves. Then, in 1998, they swept the Padres with Rivera getting saves in games 1, 3, and 4. In 1999 they swept the Braves with Rivera recording saves in games 1 and 4 to go with a win in game 3. Finally, in 2000, they won the first two games against the Mets. Rivera had 5 saves and one win over that 14 game stretch. He also recorded the final out in 3 straight World Series 1998-2000.
@@mastershake8018 I wanna say the same thing with conviction but there's Andy Pettitte. The same as Mo, Andy has post season stats that read like he's played a full season in the post season. He's 19 and 11 at .633%, ERA of 3.81, 44 games started, 276 innings... A few rings I think. Anyways, I love Mo too.
Sandman is my favorite Yankee. Many pick Jeter any I like him too, but without Mo coming in and just shutting batters down. New York don’t win some of those championships. Thanks Rivera. We love you, forever.
In junior year of hs my dad got me a pitching coach. He was Rick porcello and rob kaminskys (1st round draft pick. Top 5 pitcher in the nation in hs) pitching coach. He showed me how to throw Mariano’s cutter. I always loved the cutter I threw. It actually had great movement. When I started using Mariano’s version it stopped moving as good as the one I used. Wish I could’ve learned it more
He started pitching at 18! That in itself is completely remarkable. There are places, especially here in the US, where 8-10 year old kids already have private coaches.
I remember, back in 99, going to a supermarket in Chorrera //Panama//(I was like 10-11ys), in one hall my stepfather stopped walking, and told me “shake the hand of this man” and it was Mariano Rivera, he gave me a firm handshake with a slight smile.
Saw him close a game at Yankee Stadium in 1995 when he was a rookie. I am no baseball expert but he was throwing blazing fast and he looked like a future star to me.
Enter the Sandman...he not only pulled up the cover, he shut off the lights. As a Yankees fan, watching him jog into the game put all your fears to rest. Just get us to Mo, was our prayer.
The key to dominating hitters is what Mariano and Gregg Maddox had. I'm talking about placement of the pitch where the pitcher wants it, after knowing what the hitter can and can't handle.
I have a hate-love relationship with Mariano, i hated him because he was so good, loved him because he's the most humble person you ever met. Hated him because he was a Yankee, loved him because he's the most humble person you ever met. I actually made an effort to watch him pitch on his last match before retiring, i shed a tear or had something in my eye, to this day we don't talk about it. But that embrace with Jeter....MAGICAL, for a MAGICAL PERSON. Que Viva Panama!!!! I'm Salvadoran FYI.
Mariano was so good that he only needed one pitch, his cutter, his slower cutter with more movement (slider), his sinker, and his 4 seam fastball. (He had at least 4 pitches during his career)
Yes but later in his career when he was fucking older, he threw exclusively the cutter 78% of the time. Towards the end of his career, he was throwing it over 80% of the time.
I grew up on Mo saves and clutch Jeter RBIs. I miss those days and even now as the Yanks head back to the series for the first time in over a decade, I still miss that team. I had the whole lineup's batting stances memorized. I miss being a kid.
One thing for certain, closer like Mo would have saved Game 1. Even Aaron Boone wouldn't have been stupid enough to screw up something that obvious as far as bullpen management goes.
Yeah. As a Twins fan, I always knew when Mariano came into the game our last hopes were about to get iced. You can only marvel at such consistent quality
Mariano really spoiled us Yankee fans...for so many years the game literally became a 7-8 inning game for us because he owned the 9th. We would start celebrating close games 3-4 outs early because he was that dominant and reliable.
What can be said, without Mo, the Yankees during those times might not even made it past Texas. Even during the peak of the dynasty, the ALDS in 1998 and 1999 despite featuring two high powered teams were mostly low scoring.
98 was the last classic baseball team. Fat guys. Skinny guys. Rehabbing addicts. A whole bunch of really good but not great players. My favorite team ever
I'm sorry but...04 Bosox? Kevin Millar alone might be enough, but add in Manny being Manny, Pedro, Papi Johnny "long haired jesus" Damon, Trot "nasty back pocket ballcap" Nixon, Bill "Dad strength" Mueller, Mike "id rather be hunting" Timlin, Weirdo Schilling, Wake, Derek Lowe and so many more characters. The idiots are the most lovable team of all time
Only 3 negatives in a long Hall of Fame career: The Alomar homer in 1997, game7 of 2001 World Series vs Arizona, and game 4 vs Boston in 2004 . Note that in game 5 of that Red Sox, maybe thats technically recorded as a "blown save", but that was Mo coming in with a man on 3rd and no outs ( or 1 out?) and allowing the run on an out. Thats NOT a negative.
There was another pitcher whose stats will blow your mind when you realize he only threw one pitch. He was a starter and until ryan and carltom 50 years after his retirement was the strike out king, and is one of only two mlb pitchers to have 400 games though he pitched for some very very bad teams at times. Walter johnson threw a fastball, that was it.
12:45 -- Just goes to show that even the new kind of GOAT of relief pitchers as the old fashioned kind of goat here as well as in 2004! Not to mention the "GOAT" before him Eckersley in 1988...
TBH I would consider Fingers to be the proto-Mo considering his postseason success during the A's 1970s dynasty. I wonder if the Brewers would have won in 1982 had he been healthy in that series against the Cardinals.
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It’s important to point out that many of Mo’s saves were 4+ outs. He often bailed out the setup man in the 8th.
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A lot of them were 6 inning saves. Torre would put him in, in the 8th. That's one of the reasons he blew the save in game 7 of the 2001 WS. He came in and had an easy 123 inning in the 8th but then struggled in the 9th. I believe in was the same in the blown save in game 4 in 04 against the Red Sox.
His postseason stats alone, are like a closer's regular season stats... it's ridiculous! Firstly, for his career as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons, he was a thirteen-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, he is MLB's career leader in saves (652) and games finished (952). For the postseason, Mariano Rivera had a record of 8-1 with an ERA of 0.70, 110 strikeouts and 42 saves in 96 appearances in his career.
Pretty sure he was unanimously selected first time on the ballot for HOF which was never done before
@@zstang01absolutely correct
people forget . he used to set up for John Wetland . John was the closer in 1996 .
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These stats are ridiculous!😮😮😮🎉
Mo's playoff stats: 141 innings pitched, 0.70 ERA. Just let that sink in. Absolutely incredible. The 12th most innings pitched by a pitcher in MLB history, and he was a CLOSER. No other closers are in the top 25.
Well it's because the yankees always had stacked teams and could get to the postseason so often.
But still pretty remarkable what rivera was able to accomplish.
141 postseason innings with an ERA of not even 1? That's all you need. That's HoF numbers alone, right there.
Edit: in my opinion lol.
@@robertsmith2088 What matters is what you do in the postseason when you get there. Had their closer been Billy Wagner, they may not even made it past Texas considering his postseason track record.
@@Iamhungey That's right, you can't dismiss those stats.
It's a credit to his reliability and longevity as a closer as well to have the opportunity to accumulate such stats. Just I think we can't dismiss being on the right team at the right team also provides you the opportunity to perform in the post season as well to stack up those innings.
This is such a legendary and unusual tale. Because, he came back from being demoted with a month long stint at double-A or triple-A in June 1995 and was just a different pitcher when he faced the White Sox for a July 4th call up/start.
In that start he struck out 11 batters, and it was obvious in their reactions from the start of the game that neither the announcers nor the batters expected him to be throwing nearly as hard as he was.
Simply the greatest ever! As a Yankees fan, from 98 through 2000 you were never worried about anything. 2001 was hard to deal with but there were many amazing moments! The best times as a Yankees fan!
When he threw that ball wildly into center field when throwing to second base at a critical moment in the World Series, some say that it was the beginning of the end of the Yankees championship run.
@@arthursmith6854 Not to mention the fact that he broke three bats and yet they all somehow resulted in hits, two of which were bloops that barely got past the infield. It pretty much tells you that it' just wasn't his night when everything that could go wrong happened.
THE following (may) is intended for entertainment purposes only... and so is baseball.
Baseball is fake and a waste of time... you'll never realize this FACT, unless someone tells you. There, I did it...
When they say "Do you know how many people would have to be IN ON IT? ... That would be impossible."
You have to THINK... NO, it's absolutely POSSIBLE.
IT's NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.
So why would they exaggerate...???
(because ,it is not only possible.)
) IT IS HAPPENING... AND THEY ARE ALLLLLLLLL "IN ON IT"
It's) Not just baseball... IT IS all pro sports, politics, mainstream media, law enforcement, and the neighbors that !@#$ their half sister's 5 year-old that profit from the exploitation of impoverished societies created from the civilizations Thoth sets up in our timeline
These people hate you. They infiltrate our country and pretend to be "Americans". They are from a hidden continent located "In Between" the Intern'l Date Line. Their job is to keep the prison from rioting.
@@lshtar777 Nice shitpost.
2001 still hurts to this day. I just think he got overused. Torre usually would put him in the 8th which he did in game 7 as well and he had an easy 123 inning but struggled coming back in the 9th.
As a Bostonian we always feared and respected M. Rivera! One of a few Yankees we actually respected. That reverse sweep was more meaningful than the series between St. Louis for our first Championship in 96 years. However looking back man was he amazing to watch pitch!
When “Enter Sandman” would start playing, and Mariano would start jogging to the mound, I’d get the chills.
The whole experience with my brother is a great memory. Gary Sheffield, Giambi, Jeter, Posada.
I vividly remember Mariano running out. I was right behind the bullpen in the old Yankees stadium. It was magic! Those memories at the old stadium (maybe nostalgia) but for me, they were magical, and no one could tell me differently
Your post brought back all those wonderful memories...whst time it was to be a Yankee fan! I'm hoping we get nunber 28 in the Judge era starting this Friday!
I here to tell you differently...baseball is controlled by gambling and those memories are real... it's the game that was fake. The players are not legitimately competing against each other. It's one whole team, playing one gambling controlled game designed to steal your time, money, and energy. It's working...
@ get addiction help
Mo has said that that blown save in G7 in 2001 is the greatest save he ever made.
Yankee infielder Enrique Wilson - who had become friends with Mariano after being traded to the Yankees in June 2001 - had scheduled a flight to go back home to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on November 12, 2001, because that would have been the day after the victory parade in the Canyon of Heroes. On November 12, 2001, American Airlines Flight 587 ended in a fiery crash in Belle Harbor on the Rockaway Peninsula in Southern Queens and killed 265 people - everyone on board and 5 people on the ground after the vertical stabilizer separated from the aircraft after aggressive overuse of the rudder controls by the First Officer. Since the Yankees lost Game 7, Enrique Wilson rescheduled his flight and went home a few days earlier, thus saving his life.
Didn't save whoever ended up sitting in Wilson's seat.
As a Yankee hater, I still love him especially knowing his back story
If that’s all it takes then you’re not as much of a hater that you claim to be
@@MikeRusso10 Yankee hater, but baseball lover. Watching Rivera pitch was a pleasure to any baseball fan.
Rivera consistently destroyed my team, but he did it equally to everyone else’s teams too so it’s hard not to hold a lot of respect him, while I really don’t like any of the guys he played with 😂
@@marifig7201 mariano bleeds pinstripes. if you love mariano then youre a yankee fan my guy
Honestly you have shown more respect than some "fans" who still want to hate on him for 2001 and 2004.
It was more than just one pitch. He was doing fine without it during the 1995 and 1996 seasons. His main pitches then was a rising fastball and an off speed sinker. It's really his poise and mental stability is why he became immortal.
100%. Mariano is the perfect antithesis to the mental case. Constant professional win or lose.
He didn't lose much. It was a nasty pitch he was able to put anywhere.
yea literally stupid clickbait title lol
He was so nasty in 96 with that riser. The cutter I think prolonged his career though and he was able to get people out with less pitches. A true master of His craft.
He didn't throw a sinker only a fastball that turned into a sinker
To call his cutter "one pitch" leaves out so much context. He knew how to change the pressure on his finger to adjust the amount of "cut", and where it ended up. He could throw two cutters in a row, and one would end up in the dirt, and one knee high off the plate.
i didnt understand the video at all. Rivera made it sound like he was just throwing his 4 seamer and it happened to start moving.
Then the video guy said Rivera started mixing in a cutter.
Now you're saying he had multiple versions.
So did he have a 4 seamer he could control and then had different cutters? That's not the way Rivera or the video guy made it sound.
@@jgallagher1359he didn't throw thr cutter in the beginning. Rivera himself, who is deeply religious, ceedit god for giving him the pitch.
@@tchlin i think you may have misunderstood the question.
"it sound like he was just throwing his 4 seamer and it happened to start moving.
Then the video guy said Rivera started mixing in a cutter.
Now you're saying he had multiple versions.
So did he have a 4 seamer he could control and then had different cutters? That's not the way Rivera or the video guy made it sound."
@@jgallagher1359 video is clickbait trash
@@baigpigpig lol
a lot of these videos are just life stories. i want to hear about the pitch!
Just shows up…84 mph fastball…a star is born
Best closer ever. It was amazing to see him pitch, even as a West Coast baseball fan.
Excellent video. I was lucky enough to be at his final game ever - the feeling in the stadium is something I can hardly describe. Positive and thankful is the best I can come up with.
Grew up in a fishing town in Panama and ends up as the best closer of all time. Unreal.
Mariano was the only relief pitcher I've seen that was always happy go lucky smiling laughing with everyone team mates opposing players I've seen pitchers stay really really serious at all times but Mariano was never ever like that even in pressure situations he always manage to smile he's truly a one of kind man and stayed that way till the end of his iconic legendary career God bless you Mariano you are the greatest relief pitcher ever with the greatest humanitarian attitude I've ever seen on a major league Ballplayer ❤🙂👍
No hits, no runs, no sweat! He had a fear of God, but no one else! Great role model for young people! Truly miss him!
Facts!! Grew up watching these Yankees when i was young, buying his jersey right now as we speak along with Posadas 👌🏽gatta respect the greats 🫡
@@Gold_Silver. Bernie Williams, Posada, Rivera, and Jeter. All lifelong yankees.
I hate the yankees but gotta respect having foure players play an entire career for just one team. It's very rare in baseball nowadays.
That thing movement was out of this world. If it was in today's game, he might have gone unsigned, 18 years old and only 84 MPH would not get scouts attention. during that time scouts were not purely data driven but also relied heavily on what they “saw” in a player.
I remember Rivera as a very consistent and highly effective relief pitcher. When he entered the game, lights out.
"That's it, game over, finish." - Mariano Rivera (2009 World Series film)
He said the same thing in 2001 before coming in. Also he was a very integral part of the biggest choke job in the history of team sports.
Didn't happen in 2001 and sure didn't happen in 2004. We got him, and broke the curse.
This is my all time favorite player, hands down. He was a virtual lock mostly every time he went out in the playoffs. Yes, he blew some tough ones, but he was up against the best teams in baseball when that happened, that just shows how tough a sport it is. You look at how many times closers now fail or have their careers cut short and you can just marvel at how he was good for a long time. Every time hed blow a couple games in a row the media would question if hes done, but no one could shake that off and bounce back stronger better than Mo. Love his faith in Jesus Christ and how he always gave Him credit and never ashamed to talk about Him. Its no wonder why he was the only Hall of Famer out of hundreds of legends throughtout history to be voted unanimously for the Hall of Fame! God certainly Blessed Mariano Rivera!
He blew a couple snd they were soft hits with infield in.
Thanks for posting this. It was the most incredible times as a Yankee fan to witness such an amazing feat.
It was almost like a great movie watching Joe Torre and Don Zimmer in the dugout to begin their dynasty. Such a presence and enjoyed every minute when they were around.
Not to take any credit away from Mariano "Mo" Rivera but I'd give credit to Jorge Posada behind the dish catching his balls, as well. He had such a flexible and strong lower half and wrist that he always caught the ball in the center of his body. And rather than exaggerating with framing, he kept his mitt tight and still.
Let alone, when Mariano found it again in '98, he had the "Rising Fastball" (Okay, it's an optical illusion) he somehow found that "SPIN RATE" to not drop in the trajectory of his 4-seamer.
And he would use that pitch to set it up for his CUTTER. Jorge did such a wonderful job behind the plate, also.
Nice to see Jorgie getting the credit he deserves!
People hate the Yankees, yet no one hates Rivera. He's the epitome of a class act.
Fun fact: Starting in 1996 the Yankees won 14 straight World Series games that they played in. In 1996 after dropping 2 games, they won four straight against the Braves. Then, in 1998, they swept the Padres with Rivera getting saves in games 1, 3, and 4. In 1999 they swept the Braves with Rivera recording saves in games 1 and 4 to go with a win in game 3. Finally, in 2000, they won the first two games against the Mets.
Rivera had 5 saves and one win over that 14 game stretch. He also recorded the final out in 3 straight World Series 1998-2000.
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He's my all-time favorite Yankee. Everything about him. He's just an exemplary human being.
We have a guy like that now in the great Aaron Judge.
Hopefully with a ring before it's too late though Judge needs to help his case in the postseason as well.
@@mastershake8018 I wanna say the same thing with conviction but there's Andy Pettitte. The same as Mo, Andy has post season stats that read like he's played a full season in the post season. He's 19 and 11 at .633%, ERA of 3.81, 44 games started, 276 innings... A few rings I think. Anyways, I love Mo too.
Me too
We need a pitcher like that again that’s not Clay Holmes
Judge is not clutch in the postseason. Therefore Jo to your comment
We needed this dude in 2024 smh
Sandman is my favorite Yankee. Many pick Jeter any I like him too, but without Mo coming in and just shutting batters down. New York don’t win some of those championships. Thanks Rivera. We love you, forever.
In junior year of hs my dad got me a pitching coach. He was Rick porcello and rob kaminskys (1st round draft pick. Top 5 pitcher in the nation in hs) pitching coach. He showed me how to throw Mariano’s cutter. I always loved the cutter I threw. It actually had great movement. When I started using Mariano’s version it stopped moving as good as the one I used. Wish I could’ve learned it more
He started pitching at 18! That in itself is completely remarkable. There are places, especially here in the US, where 8-10 year old kids already have private coaches.
I remember, back in 99, going to a supermarket in Chorrera //Panama//(I was like 10-11ys), in one hall my stepfather stopped walking, and told me “shake the hand of this man” and it was Mariano Rivera, he gave me a firm handshake with a slight smile.
Saw him close a game at Yankee Stadium in 1995 when he was a rookie. I am no baseball expert but he was throwing blazing fast and he looked like a future star to me.
what a privilege it was to watch this man pitch, we'll never see another like him again
Once we were watching a game on TV. When they brought him in in the 9th, my wife (who has minimal knowledge of the game) said, "This guy? It's over."
It’s almost better to just say nothing to that and let her witness a master go to work for the first time 😂
@@j.sharp2370 I think he’s implying his wife who has minimal baseball knowledge even knew how good of closer Rivera was hence sayings it’s over
Enter the Sandman...he not only pulled up the cover, he shut off the lights. As a Yankees fan, watching him jog into the game put all your fears to rest. Just get us to Mo, was our prayer.
Just happy i witnessed his whole career, that team was one of the best ever,
The key to dominating hitters is what Mariano and Gregg Maddox had. I'm talking about placement of the
pitch where the pitcher wants it, after knowing what the hitter can and can't handle.
I have a hate-love relationship with Mariano, i hated him because he was so good, loved him because he's the most humble person you ever met. Hated him because he was a Yankee, loved him because he's the most humble person you ever met. I actually made an effort to watch him pitch on his last match before retiring, i shed a tear or had something in my eye, to this day we don't talk about it. But that embrace with Jeter....MAGICAL, for a MAGICAL PERSON. Que Viva Panama!!!! I'm Salvadoran FYI.
Mariano was so good that he only needed one pitch, his cutter, his slower cutter with more movement (slider), his sinker, and his 4 seam fastball.
(He had at least 4 pitches during his career)
Yes but later in his career when he was fucking older, he threw exclusively the cutter 78% of the time. Towards the end of his career, he was throwing it over 80% of the time.
Simply great 👍
After Clay Holmes and Aroldis Chapman, I long for the days of Mo.
I prefer Trevor Hoffman. Dude could dominate with an 85 mph fastball and 75 mph changeup. Second best closer after rivera.
I grew up on Mo saves and clutch Jeter RBIs. I miss those days and even now as the Yanks head back to the series for the first time in over a decade, I still miss that team. I had the whole lineup's batting stances memorized. I miss being a kid.
4-1 LA?
One thing for certain, closer like Mo would have saved Game 1. Even Aaron Boone wouldn't have been stupid enough to screw up something that obvious as far as bullpen management goes.
*Mo's cutter was god level, you either hit it, broke your bat or were out on strikes, he had 66% chance of defeating you with the latter 2 outcomes*
Yeah. As a Twins fan, I always knew when Mariano came into the game our last hopes were about to get iced. You can only marvel at such consistent quality
Could you do a story on the Atlanta braves pitching in the 90s?? Some of the greatest pitchers of all time on all the same team
he did amazing considering how many guys was on the juice back then
I love how the title of the video has nothing to do with the actual video. Exactly what I was looking for thanks
Great Video, Very Professionally made!
Nothing is more coveted than recording a long and voluminous post season career. Some players will never record any
Mariano really spoiled us Yankee fans...for so many years the game literally became a 7-8 inning game for us because he owned the 9th. We would start celebrating close games 3-4 outs early because he was that dominant and reliable.
What can be said, without Mo, the Yankees during those times might not even made it past Texas. Even during the peak of the dynasty, the ALDS in 1998 and 1999 despite featuring two high powered teams were mostly low scoring.
Your videos are so damn good man!
Love the content! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
The 🐐 The Sandman #42 Yankees' best closer ever. M.Rivera.
Really well done. Thanks for making this video
98 was the last classic baseball team. Fat guys. Skinny guys. Rehabbing addicts. A whole bunch of really good but not great players. My favorite team ever
I'm sorry but...04 Bosox? Kevin Millar alone might be enough, but add in Manny being Manny, Pedro, Papi Johnny "long haired jesus" Damon, Trot "nasty back pocket ballcap" Nixon, Bill "Dad strength" Mueller, Mike "id rather be hunting" Timlin, Weirdo Schilling, Wake, Derek Lowe and so many more characters.
The idiots are the most lovable team of all time
@evantimm6053 Not to a Yankee fan. Also, Manny was roided out of his head
@@Krankensteinn As was Giambi, as was Roger Clemens, as were most players in pro baseball in the U.S. at the time.
@@robertsmith2088 They weren't on the 1998 Yankees though.
@@Iamhungey No they weren't indeed. Andy Pettite was though. They had an interesting lineup I will say. And very good pitching.
Came here to watch this after the disaster game 5 2024 World Series. Needed to see the Yankees actually being able to play ball.
God, we need him now. I don't think Yankee fans, like myself, realized watching big games with no MO.
That time was just legendary baseball. Nothing compares.
Thank you for the video. What a great story about a great pitcher.
Only 3 negatives in a long Hall of Fame career: The Alomar homer in 1997, game7 of 2001 World Series vs Arizona, and game 4 vs Boston in 2004 . Note that in game 5 of that Red Sox, maybe thats technically recorded as a "blown save", but that was Mo coming in with a man on 3rd and no outs ( or 1 out?) and allowing the run on an out. Thats NOT a negative.
What an inspirational story.. And an inspirational guy!!
Snek fan here. I loved this video :) 🐍🐍
the throw by Jeter at 10:08....my goodnees
Well done. Well said. Thank you.
Amazing video Great production
As a Braves fan, watching this brought back very painful memories.
GOAT closer pitcher!
Love the video! Good luck on the channel!
Wow, incredible. What an amazing life story.
Great videos man, keep up the great work
There was another pitcher whose stats will blow your mind when you realize he only threw one pitch. He was a starter and until ryan and carltom 50 years after his retirement was the strike out king, and is one of only two mlb pitchers to have 400 games though he pitched for some very very bad teams at times. Walter johnson threw a fastball, that was it.
I distinctly remember Arizona stopping him.
No, that’s incorrect. A Mariano had two pictures. He had a rising fastball to go along with his cutter.
Heard of him never knew. Thx for the awesome vid
It's subtle, but it's super wholesome and refreshing to see that so much of Mo's content is derived from ministry work. God bless you, Mariano!
underrated video and channel
easily my favorite pitcher ever.
One pitch is everything. The name is location is everything.
Mariano was never shy about his love for Jesus Christ,and the Lord blessed him for that, one pitch lol.
I remember Chipper Jones was talking about his broken bats in 99' and his teammates was laughing.
I have his jersey… the last #42
Three pitches actually, 4-seam, 2-seam, and a cutter.
Best ever there won’t be another
He actually had 3 pitches but that cutter was sick
Now the Yankees have clay who is exact opposite of Rivera
lmao Mo was a nightmare for the opposition, and Clay is one for the Yankees themselves. He's been so bad that it's actually hilarious
Clay who?
@@fraydow Clay Aiken
@@rancidrhino4315 Might as well be.
Clay homes is his name
He had a 4 seam fast ball and a cutter. Best closer of all time
im a new yorker and wataching the games lives i didnt realize what i was watching was unusual
He also threw a 4 seamer and 2 seamer occasionally. But he relied on the cutter.
Great video 🔥🔥
The GOAT- Mariano.
Wow such a good video, loved it!
I am a Baltimore fan so I hate the Yankees but I can't deny the dude is one of the best to ever do it
Fun fact, more people have walked on the moon than have scored an earned run of Mo in the postseason. That's how dominant he was
Randy Johnson used a warm up song every time he pitched. Inna Gadda Da Vita ~Iron Butterfly
In the garden of Eden
LEGEND.
I remember Mariano as the 'secret Red Sox' during the 2004 ALCS; honoring him at Fenway in '05???
12:45 -- Just goes to show that even the new kind of GOAT of relief pitchers as the old fashioned kind of goat here as well as in 2004! Not to mention the "GOAT" before him Eckersley in 1988...
TBH I would consider Fingers to be the proto-Mo considering his postseason success during the A's 1970s dynasty. I wonder if the Brewers would have won in 1982 had he been healthy in that series against the Cardinals.
He didn't only use one pitch though. He talks about this himself.
Love the video 🙏
I always forget Joe Girardi was the catcher for the Yankees. Young Joe in 1997 threw me for a loop.
The Maestro!
You could say the same thing about a knuckleball pitcher, they only need to use a “singular” pitch