The Hit Farm

Going into last night's meeting with the Rays, the Yankees had played four games since Mariano Rivera hurt his knee in Kansas City, but they hadn't yet found themselves in a save situation. (They lost two of the games and won the other two Without further delay, the Mariano Rivera fact sheet… – The Yankees [...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera says he will return to the mound by 2013. A day after tearing his right anterior cruciate ligament while shagging fly balls during batting practice, the 42-year-old KANSAS CITY, Mo. — New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera says he will return to the mound by [...]

Mariano Rivera has hinted that this could be his last season at age 42. And while he was not only the best closer ever, he was also one of the best players in baseball for most of his career. But on the first day of his 18th Yankees Newsday > Sports > Baseball > Yankees [...]

Enter Sandman — into the record books. New York Yankees' closer Mariano Rivera grabbed his 602nd save of his career Monday, making him Major League Baseball's all-time "saves" leader. With the save on Monday, NEW YORK — Asked about Mariano Rivera, Doug Mientkiewicz knows he never got a hit off the New York Yankees' great [...]