Mariano Rivera
Mariano Rivera
Mariano Riverais a Panamanian former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed "Mo" and "Sandman", Rivera spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons. A thirteen-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, he is MLB's career leader in savesand games finished. Rivera won five American LeagueRolaids Relief Man Awards and three Delivery Man of the Year Awards,...
NationalityPanamanian
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 November 1969
CityPanama City, Panama
CountryPanama
You still have to get the final out. That's the most important out. This time it didn't come. It was a broken bat, but it was a single. That's what counts.
Definitely, I wish the timing would have been different, a time when we didn't have to worry about spring training and we have been throwing already so you can participate for your country. But it isn't. It is what it is. It's too bad.
Definitely, I thought it was a strikeout, but you can't change that. That play is over, so you have to get the next guy.
After Jeter hit that home run, there was no way we could lose that game. A game like that, it motivates you. Once I saw the home run, it was my time. Thank God we have Derek. That's all I know.
I think as I start getting a few more saves. Get to 400 first.
I always have confidence, ... It's big. It's good to win.
He was great. He's been like that the whole year. It's a win, a win for the team but I wish he had won it,
Whatever it takes right now, ... This is the season right here, and we have to give everything we can.
starters having the kind of years that have won it before.
Look at the season I had in '96, ... But I won because we won the World Series. That's how it finished. I didn't think about it again.
I know I'm not 25 anymore, I can't use my arm the way I used to. I've been working out this winter, but not for my arm. Everyone who knows me knows that's the reason I start slow in spring training. I can't just pick up a ball anymore and start throwing like it's the middle of the season.
I haven't pitched, like BP or things like that, but I'm OK with where I'm at right now. Yes, I am.
It was a fantastic finish! 'Mo' was lights-out in the ninth, ... And now we've got these crying Red Sox fans, just as it should be. Now we've just got to turn up the intensity tomorrow and push the Red Sox into a playoff with the Indians.
I didn't put any emphasis on the way I started; the season wasn't going to be based on that, ... People started doubting me, but I don't pay attention to that. I know what I can do, I know who I am and what I'm capable of. I knew the season wasn't going to be like those two games. You can't judge a player on the first two games.