Is this really the story behind the greatness of Yankees closer Mariano ... Rivera allows them to do so — an element he can control by the amount of pressure he imparts with his fingers when he ...

No doubt "fad" pitches—in Roger Clemens' day, it was the split-finger fastball; Mariano Rivera made the cutter ... move into a starting role and made pitching to lefties much more fun.

Mariano Rivera was ... Eleven years after Rivera’s retirement, a wrist brace with claws could strip any last intimation of divinity out of pitching. A pitcher’s fingers slide into its four ...

Recently, former New York Yankees closer, Mariano Rivera, revealed his strategy if he was tasked with pitching to the current best hitter in the league, Aaron Judge. Rivera didn't beat around the ...

Mariano Rivera has been pitching in the postseason since 1997. The Apollo Program launched in 1963 and concluded in 1972. In other words, Rivera has been clutch in the postseason for six years ...

TORONTO — Seeing Mariano Rivera’s right ... “I put heat on it every day,’’ Rivera said at his locker when asked if pregame heat was normal. Pitching coach Larry Rothschild and manager ...

Your browser does not support iframes. There were some truly special scenes at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night as Mariano Rivera made his final career pitching ...

(AP) Mariano Rivera remembers his ... because it meant he couldn't play every day. Rivera says something has to be done about all the youth pitching injuries. He says young pitchers need to ...

Mariano Rivera, the greatest closer of all time, became the first unanimous Hall of Fame selection on Tuesday. Rivera was named on all 425 ballots cast to earn election to the Hall of Fame with ...