Mariano Rivera rocked in Yankees' loss to Tampa Bay
...PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Mariano Rivera took the blame for a rare blown save. Carlos Pena hit an early grand slam off CC Sabathia, then completed a ninth-inning comeback with an RBI single off the New York closer that lifted the Tampa Bay Rays to a season-opening...info
Gotham: Richard Gere Interviews Mariano Rivera
...the Hall of Fame. RICHARD GERE: The interviews you’re giving make it sound like you’re retiring after this year. MARIANO RIVERA: Richard, I don’t know. But I’ll tell you one thing: It’s been a great journey, but I do miss my kids a lot. It’s hard seeing your...info
Yankees: Mariano Rivera blows save, Yankees lose 2012 opener
...Yankees' 2012 season opener, what occurred in the ninth inning topped the list. It's still very much the operative word when Mariano Rivera doesn't come through. The Yankees had survived a pedestrian outing by ace CC Sabathia and a small army of runners left...info
Yankees | Mariano Rivera blows save on opening day
...York Yankees RP Mariano Rivera, who had been 60-for-61 in save chances in his career against the Tampa Bay Rays, blew his first save of the season against the Rays Friday, April 6. Rivera gave up three hits and two earned runs while walking two and striking...info
Mariano Rivera blows saves, Yankees lose 2012 opener
...that kept the game close. After David Robertson somehow escaped a runners-at-the-corners-with-none-out jam in the eighth, Mariano Rivera came in to, just about everyone inside Tropicana Field assumed, nail down career save No. 604. Instead, two batters into...info
Rivera can't get the job done this time
...bounce back.'' Before the Peña game-winner, the first baseman had been 0-for-11 lifetime against Rivera. "That's baseball,'' said Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson, who went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts. "Everyone is human … even Mariano Rivera.''...info
YANKEES: Mariano Rivera blows save, Rays walk off with win
...â€" Carlos Pena hit an early grand slam off CC Sabathia, then completed a ninth-inning comeback with an RBI single off Mariano Rivera that lifted the Tampa Bay Rays to a season-opening 7-6 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday. Rivera had been 60 of 61...info
Rivera suffers rare blown save
...Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera (0-1) permitted two runs and three hits in just 1/3 of an inning during New York's 7-6 loss to Tampa Bay on Friday. Rivera, who had been 60 of 61 in save chances during his career against the Rays, allowed two hits to...info
Yankees: Yankees closer Rivera took unbelievable journey
...Jeter. One, Roger Clemens, has reached 300 wins and just six in total have amassed even 200 wins. So now think where Mariano Rivera came from. Think about the odds that he would have anything close to his career. He was born and raised in a poor fishing village...info
Yanks' Rivera Blowing Save a Shocking Sight
...of these seasons, the New York Yankees will get the old Mariano Rivera, not the Mariano Rivera of old. It will happen. As sure as his case for Cooperstown, the greatest closer of them all will fall to the undefeated forces of time. Maybe it will be this season,...info