Weary Rivera saves day for Yankees again
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Mariano Rivera smiled easily and talked about how yesterday was better, how the &quot;sun came up today.&quot; But his eyes were still weary when he stopped to talk during batting practice before Game 2 of the ALCS last night.
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Mariano Rivera recorded the last five outs to give the Yankees their fifth consecutive victory and moved them within seven games of first-place Boston in the American League East.
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NEW YORK - The way the Boston Red Sox are playing these days, nothing seems to be able to stop them. Not even Mariano Rivera...
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Mariano Rivera threw 26 pitches in a bullpen session Saturday, the first time since Aug. 31 the New York Yankees closer worked off a mound.
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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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Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was headed back to Panama yesterday, a day after two of his wife's relatives were electrocuted while cleaning the pool at his home.
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NEW YORK - Mariano Rivera showed up just in time to save the New York Yankees. Rivera got Boston's Kevin Millar to pop out to strand the tying run at third base in the eighth inning, then finished out a thrilling 10-7 win for the Yankees in Tuesday night's opener of the AL championship series...
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Mariano Rivera stepped off a jet from Panama after the funeral of two relatives and raced to Yankee Stadium in plenty of time to pitch, if needed, in Game 1 against the Red Sox in the AL championship series Tuesday night.
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The Yankees needed someone to save Mariano Rivera. Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter sparked a championship-caliber rally just in time.
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Mariano Rivera 's stiff elbow will keep the Yankees' star closer off the mound all weekend.
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Mariano Rivera received treatment on his elbow before batting practice Tuesday and will not see action again until this weekend at the earliest.
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Mariano Rivera arrives in time to save a 10-7 win for the Yankees in Game 1 of the ALCS. Mike Mussina is perfect through six innings before Boston rallies from eight runs down.
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Mariano Rivera's stiff elbow will keep the Yankees' star closer off the mound all weekend.
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Mariano Rivera's stiff elbow will keep the Yankees' closer off the mound all weekend. Manager Joe Torre said Rivera, who did not pitch in New York's 6-1 loss to the Twins yesterday, will also be held out of today's game so he can rest his right arm. ``I'm just going to shut him down for a few days. Let's ...
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NEW YORK -- Mariano Rivera picked up the save, the 32d of his illustrious postseason career. But you already knew that. You knew that back in March.
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Derek Jeter poured champagne over Joe Torre's head. Almost half the team doused Mariano Rivera with beer. Bernie Williams flashed a grateful smile. It didn't matter that the New York Yankees lost Wednesday night. They still clinched their ninth consecutive AL East title &#151; and celebrated like first-timers.
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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 ...