Closer was a dilemma only Yanks solved
In today's Inside Baseball column, I look at the ridiculous postseason success of ageless Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. He has an 0.99 ERA, fifth all-time in World Series play and second in the last 60 years to Sandy Koufax. While every other team's closer had a major slip-up in the postseason, Rivera was impenetrable again. Had Hideki Matsui not had six RBIs in the clinching game, Rivera almost certainly would have been the World Series MVP.
Rivera was by far the most reliable closer this October/November. But I'm curious to find out, especially from the Yankee fans out there, who you might have trusted the most on other teams? If you don't have Rivera in pinstripes, which closer would you take?
---Mike Harrington
(www.twitter.com/bnharrington)
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Posted by: Mr. Kevin H. Hodge | November 08, 2009 at 05:44 PM