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
Tomorrow? We have to go there and do it, ... Don't worry, I'll be ready for tomorrow.
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.
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.
He swung. He definitely swung. I don't know why the umpire didn't see that.
Times are changing. I can't conceive what Juan Marichal and all those guys went through before. Today you have so many Latin players, so many Latino superstars, they take care of the kids when they come up to the big leagues. It's different now. It's totally different.
I always have confidence, ... It's big. It's good to win.
I threw maybe 12 pitches, ... I knew that Ortiz was going to pinch hit. I wanted to face him.
I think as I start getting a few more saves. Get to 400 first.
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.
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,
I thought it was one of those games where he was going to go all the way, ... He was really pumped up. He was a different pitcher today.