The dynasty didn't end with Jay Witasick or Randy Choate on the mound. The dynasty ended with Mariano Rivera pitching in the bottom of the ninth inning of one of the greatest baseball games ever ...

The pitch that inspired one of baseball’s most iconic nicknames—“The Airbender”—has become a fascination at New York Yankees ...

Tonight Mariano Rivera became the first unanimous Hall of Fame inductee, ending a particularly frustrating, seemingly self-perpetuating media narrative. For decades, baseball writers would ...

With his kids now out of his bullpen, New York Yankees Hall of Fame reliever Mariano Rivera is leaving his home in Westchester, New York, for a new base. Compass Rivera’s nine-bedroom ...

171 BAA) as his top pitch. His slider ... For comparison, Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera saved 652 games thanks to his elite cutter. He entered 1997 with only five saves while turning 27 in ...

and with the Mets would set up for Edwin Díaz rather than pitch the ninth inning. Only two relievers have ever recorded 500 or more saves in MLB — the all-time saves leader Mariano Rivera has ...

We'll try to wax poetic about Rivera, but his candidacy really boils down to this: The Hall of Fame was made for immortal players like Mariano Rivera. He is the greatest closer in the history of ...