There is no fanbase in sports more spoiled than that of the New York Yankees. Yankees fans have witnessed 27 World Series championships and enough great players to overload an ocean liner.Mariano Rivera is one of those great players, and today I'm thinking no player who's ever worn pinstripes has spoiled Yankees fans quite as much as he has.I'm thinking this today because it's official that Rivera isn't going to be around for much longer. Rivera announced Saturday morning that he will retire following the 2013 season.It was hardly a shocker, and ...
The New York Yankees got bad news this week on their star first baseman.Mark Teixeira suffered a wrist injury during batting practice of the World Baseball Classic and will be sidelined for eight to 10 weeks.With that injury, the Yankees have been looking around for potential fill-ins that could be a temporary solution to Teixeira.One of those solutions that was brought up was veteran Aubrey Huff, who last played in 2012 with the World Series champion San Francisco Giants.However, according to Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle, the 36-year-old ...
Roughly a decade ago, there was a pitcher on the Los Angeles Dodgers named Eric Gagne.Gagne built the longest streak in Major League Baseball history by converting 84 straight saves between the 2003 and 2004 seasons. To honor his dominance, the Dodgers flashed the words "Game Over" across the scoreboards at Dodger Stadium when he entered a game with a save on the line.Looking back, that was just adorable.That's because most baseball fans knew that the only time a closer coming on a field meant that a game was officially ...
With less than a month separating us from the 2013 MLB regular season opener, the New York Yankees have already dropped two bombshells on us.For starters, first baseman Mark Teixeira will miss 8-to-10 weeks with a strained right wrist.Hours later, we learned that Mariano Rivera will retire at season's end.Unlike Teixeria's announcement, however, Rivera's decision could have a potential "Ray Lewis effect" for the Yankees.For those unfamiliar, the Ravens were a reeling power much like the Yankees are today. They were labeled as too old, too injured and, quite frankly, ...
In news that doesn't come as a major shock, but is huge nonetheless, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is reportedly set to announce his retirement at the end of the 2013 season this Saturday (h/t Joel Sherman via Twitter).The 43-year-old will go down as the greatest reliever of all-time, as he's used his legendary cutter to rack up a record 608 regular-season saves to this point and has another 42 saves with a 0.70 ERA in the postseason.Rivera missed most of the 2012 season after tearing his ACL in early May, ...
By now, we have all heard the news of Mariano Rivera's future plans.The 43-year-old New York Yankees closer will announce his retirement from the team after this season, according to Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York.
Sources: Yanks' Rivera will retire after season espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/s…— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) March 7, 2013
Rivera is the all-time leader in saves with 608 and has been a part of five Yankees World Series championships.With the news of Rivera announcing his retirement, the Yankees will need to figure out who will be the team's closer after the ...
While all good things must come to an end, New York Yankees fans will certainly feel a pang of sadness after learning that Mariano Rivera announced on Saturday that he will retire following the 2013 season.UPDATE: Saturday, March 9, at 10:34 p.m. ET by Alex BallentineAs expected, Rivera made his retirement official at a press conference Saturday. The Yankees' official Twitter feed tweeted his decision along with quotes from his announcement. ---End of Update---This news comes from Joel Sherman of the New York Post:It's no surprise that Rivera would call it ...
The greatest closer of all time is almost ready to hang up his cleats. According to Buster Olney of ESPN, New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera will announce that he is planning on retiring after the 2013 season.
It's an open secret that Mariano Rivera intends to retire, and that announcement figures to be very soon, perhaps Saturday.— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) March 7, 2013
Some felt Rivera's last season was going to be in 2012, but after suffering a torn ACL injury back in May on the outfield grass of Kauffman Stadium, the Yankee ...
He has already experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows during parts of five seasons with the Yankees, and now Francisco Cervelli has worked his way to the front-runner position for the starting catching job with the team.In 2009, his first season with significant time spent at the major league level, a 23-year-old Cervelli hit .298 while appearing in 42 games for the Bombers. The highlights of that season included catching a shutout in his first start and impressing the organization and fans with his hustle and ...
Trading assets to replace Mark Teixeira's bat in the lineup is just about the last thing that New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman needs to consider.As reported by MLB.com's Bryan Hoch, the 32-year-old slugger will be out of action until early-to-mid May with a wrist injury suffered while hitting off a tee during practice for Team USA at the World Baseball Classic:Mark Teixeira will be out 8-10 weeks. Four weeks of complete rest.— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) March 6, 2013
Coupled with center fielder Curtis Granderson's fractured forearm (h/t ESPN), the Yankees ...