The Yankees and Mets know plenty about great closers, even though the Yankees know a lot more, because they had Mariano Rivera, the best who ever lived.

A clean eighth inning, in a 4-3 Yankees loss, offered Williams a moment of normalcy in a season that has been anything but ...

The evolution into an excellent closer took longer than a few months. In 2022, he reduced his repertoire to two pitches. In ...

1978 — Pete Rose became the youngest and 14th player with 3,000 hits when he singled against Montreal’s Steve Rogers at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium. 1980 — National League president Chub Feeney ...

The Celtics and Knicks will meet in the postseason for the 16th time, pitting Boston and New York against each other on a ...

1975 — Bob Watson of the Houston Astros, sensing baseball history, raced around the bases on Milt May’s home run and crossed the plate at Candlestick Park in time to score major league baseball’s 1 ...

It was his first time pitching at the Double-A level since ... He was receiving comparisons to Mariano Rivera, who was in the final years of his legendary career when Kimbrel broke in, due to ...

All-star closer Craig Kimbrel is one step closer to a potential return to the Atlanta Braves’ big league roster. According to the Braves' Double-A affiliate, the Columbus Clingstones, Kimbrel ...