"It" is Mariano Rivera's cut fastball ... That's a pitch that appeared to be on a beeline for the catcher's glove and then, BAM!, it broke down and in toward the handle of Newson's bat.

If the Yankees fail to make the playoffs, Mariano Rivera’s final day in a major league uniform ... His father bought him his first real baseball glove at age 12. Rivera joined a local amateur ...

The sight of Mariano Rivera's cut fastball coming at you ... The key is, you have to be holding a glove, not a bat. Trying to hit Rivera? Forget about it. You'll probably walk away with a broken ...

Rivera later returned the glove ... Mariano Rivera said. "I prefer not to talk about it." The 28-year-old outfielder originally was signed by the Yankees as a free agent in 1990, and became the ...

NEW YORK - Mariano Rivera stood by himself ... gently placed the ball in Rivera's glove, and then gave the skinny Panamanian a big hug. Rivera stayed and accepted congratulations - Alex Rodriguez ...

At this point, we've run out of ways to rhapsodize about Mariano Rivera, but still: If this keeps up, it'll be the 12th time in 17 full seasons that he's notched ... to his glove side and record ...

Armed with just a single pitch, his cutter, and a pitching glove inscribed with ... During the Dodger tribute to Rivera, Robinson’s widow Rachel spoke to Mariano, the last Major League ...

But then there are athletes like Mariano Rivera, who was voted unanimously ... Then Bill Mueller connected with a tailing cutter that missed Rivera's glove by three inches coming off the bat.

Mariano Rivera is set to make ... I’d set up my glove and he’d hit it every time. I haven’t seen anything else like it.’’ He’s unlikely to see it again, which is OK with Romine.

“Brian even changed how Derek held his glove on his hand ... “Jeter always used to say that Mariano had Jedi powers.” After Michael heard about Rivera’s performance the next morning ...