All Mariano!

The Times previews a magazine article on Mariano Rivera, and includes this very cool video comparing his cutter and fastball.

However, I deplore this sort of gutless, faux-objective reporting:

...Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees star who is widely considered the greatest relief pitcher in the history of baseball...

"Widely considered"?  C'mon, make the call!

FLASHBACK:  Can we have a pic?  The greatest game ever to be utterly overtaken by events, to wit, the Yankees losing that Series and the Red Sox winning the next one.

HISTORY REPEATS:  How could the Times discuss great Yankee relievers and overlook Sparky Lyle, the one-pitch wonder who went, as Graig Nettles quipped, from Cy Young to Sayonara when the Yankees signed Goose Gossage?

Comments

[peter]

I have erased 2004 from my memory completely. When the Yankees played the Dodgers this past weekend, I saw someone in the Dodgers dugout, an older chap, who looked somewhat familiar. Not sure who he was, but he was drinking green tea.

[Dave (in MA)]

peter:

Game 1
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 7 10 0
New York 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 X 10 14 0
Game 2
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0
New York 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 3 7 0
Game 3
Saturday, October 16, 2004 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 3 0 3 5 2 0 4 0 2 19 22 1
Boston 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 15 0
Game 4
Sunday, October 17, 2004 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
New York 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 1
Boston 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 8 0
Game 5
Monday, October 18, 2004 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E
New York 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 1
Boston 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 13 1
Game 6
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 0
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 0
Game 7
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 10 13 0
New York 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 1

You're welcome.

[Thomas Collins]

Rivera's dominance over a decade and a half clearly establishes him as the numero uno reliever of all time. However, if I could have any closer at the top of his game and I needed a six out save for a win that was needed to save the universe, Radatz is my man.

[Dave (in MA)]

TC, you Old Bastard. ;-)

[Tom R]

I would imagine the image of Schilling's bloody sock is seared into the memory of every Yankess fan. The only exception would be those Yankees fans who had to undergo electro-shock treatment after the collosal collapse of the Yankees led to chronic depression.

[peter]

Dave I'll be in Barnstable for the Fourth, proudly wearing my Yankee hat.

[Thomas Collins]

Dave(in MA), I loved the Monster (may he rest in peace) not only on the mound, but also on talk radio. No BS with the Monster, and he had a great sense of humor.

[Pete's dandling him right now.]

Sorry, Randall.
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