Rivera no longer as puzzling to Sox
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When Mariano Rivera pitches against Boston, it is a close encounter of a different kind for the Yankees closer. Rivera is regarded as the best pressure pitcher in baseball, but he has nine blown saves against Boston, including the postseason, since 2001.
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NEW YORK - Amid the bustle of the New York clubhouse, Mariano Rivera's untouched locker stood out as a reminder that the New York Yankees might be without their best pitcher in the opener of the American League championship series.    Rivera flew home to Puerto Caimito, Panama, after two family members were electrocuted in his pool, leaving the possibility that he might not be available for Game 1 of the ALCS against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday...
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Somehow, the sheen that once graced the perpetually glistening facade of Alex Rodriguez has morphed into a repellent of sorts.
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This is the way it ended last year: An exhausted and emotionally spent Mariano Rivera dropped to his knees after pitching the hardest three innings of his life, sobbing and praying and finally falling prone on the hill, wrapping his arms around the mound in a mixture of thanksgiving and relief. For three innings -- the most ...
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Mariano Rivera had it all in his hands: the save, the sweep, the pennant. He just let it slip away. Baseball's most reliable closer blew his second lead of the postseason Sunday night, and the Boston Red Sox staved off elimination by rallying for an improbable 6-4, 12-inning victory over the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the AL championship series.
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NEW YORK -- One shining inning against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, it turns out, sent the wrong message. If you want to understand what happened to the Red Sox this weekend, you start with Worcester's Tanyon Sturtze.
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Mariano Rivera pitched three innings in the regular season for the first time in almost 10 years, and Jason Giambi ended a homer drought that lasted almost a month.
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Mariano Rivera had not blown a save since July 26, two days after Bill Mueller beat him with a game-ending homer at Fenway.
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The reason Joe Torre is limiting Mariano Rivera is not because he is hurt, but because he is worried Rivera could reaggravate the muscle strain near his right elbow.
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Mariano Rivera&#39;s celebration of the Yankees&#39; Division Series win was muted on Saturday night, as the closer learned after the game of an accident at his home in Panama.
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The New York Yankees edged arch rivals the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Sunday, ace reliever Mariano Rivera pitching out of a bases-loaded jam to secure a win set up by Derek Jeter's eighth-inning clutch home run.
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Albert Rivera's nervous. And he's never nervous. He's been around boxing seemingly all of his 29 years, but he's not the kind of guy to be in a fighter's face every ticking minute until it's time for the fight. He's cooler than that.
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The New York Yankees edged arch rivals  the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Sunday, ace reliever Mariano Rivera  pitching out of a bases-loaded jam to secure a win set up by  Derek Jeter&#39;s eighth-inning clutch home run.
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Alex Rodriguezâs behavior on Wednesday was clever or childish, cunning gamesmanship or borderline cheating, or maybe something in between.
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NEW YORK It appears New York Yankees ace relief pitcher Mariano Rivera will be ready for tomorrow night&#39;s American League pennant series opener against Boston.
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Of all the questions swirling around the Red Sox this offseason, from the future address of outfielder Manny Ram&#xED;rez, to the role of pitcher Jonathan Papelbon, to the keep-him-or-not debate over shortstop Alex Gonzalez, there is one that evidently has been put to rest, perhaps with no more than a handshake. No signature required. No furtive departures on the agenda.
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BOSTONâThe Red Sox, who basically alternated wins and losses for half a season, no longer wonder if theyâre going to win upon showing up at the ballpark.