Yankees' Rivera Will Sit Out the Weekend
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Mariano Rivera 's stiff elbow will keep the Yankees' star closer off the mound all weekend.
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The Yankees are expecting Mariano Rivera to be in the Bronx on Tuesday, but Manager Joe Torre and General Manager Brian Cashman couched their comments about his return.
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White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen said yesterday he'd prefer that Jose Contreras sit out the rest of the season after the right-hander strained his right hamstring in Friday night's loss to the Mariners.
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The Yankees missed Mariano Rivera on Monday, using four relievers in the ninth to finish off a shaky victory over the Blue Jays.
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The bullpen blew another one. The reliable relievers who carried the New York Yankees all season are coming apart at the most important moment. Mariano Rivera must be tired by now. Tom Gordon is struggling. Paul Quantrill is hurt. And the Yankees are halfway to the biggest collapse in postseason history.
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Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Shawn Green will decide today if he will sit out one game or two of a key weekend series against the San Francisco Giants in observance of Yom Kippur.
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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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Dodgers first baseman Shawn Green will definitely sit out at least one game of a key weekend series against the Giants in observance of Yom Kippur, but will wait to make his final decision.
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Roy Williams was told Monday that he has to sit out Dallasâs game Saturday night against Carolina as punishment for his third 'âhorse-collarâ' tackle this season.
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SAN DIEGO - Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Shawn Green will definitely sit out at least one game of a weekend series against the San Francisco Giants in observance of Yom Kippur, but will wait until Thursday to make his final decision.    Green said Wednesday there's a possibility he'll sit out both Friday night and Saturday afternoon...
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Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera traveled from New York to his home in Puerto Caimito, Panama yesterday morning after two of his wife&#39;s relatives died in an electrical accident there on Saturday.
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NEW YORK - Two relatives of Mariano Rivera were killed in an electrified swimming pool at his Panama mansion - dealing the ace reliever a double tragedy on the eve of the Yankees&#39; playoff series against the Boston Red Sox.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - New York Yankees manager Joe  Torre said Monday he was unsure if closer Mariano Rivera would  be available for Tuesday's opener of the American League  Championship Series against Boston after a tragic accident at  the reliever's home in Panama over the weekend.
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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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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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Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Mondayâs postponed game between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays will be made up as part of a doubleheader today, and said the Yankees had withdrawn their request for a forfeit.
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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 ...