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Mariano Rivera Will Retire
The Yankees have not offered a contract extension to Mariano Rivera. They will. They are not dumb. But Yankee fans must accept that Mo will call it a career very soon.
mariano rivera will retire • mariano rivera contract extension • mariano rivera yankee contract • mariano rivera career saves • mariano rivera saves

Rivera and Posada Deserve the Same
The Yankees are willing to bend their own rules in order to keep Alex Rodriguez in pinstripes. Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada must be treated the same way.
new york yankees • scott boras • alex rodriguez • mariano rivera • jorge posada

Relief
Closers are in the game approximately 1/18 of the time their team plays. A team plays 162 games, the closer appears in about one half of those games, and he pitches one inning.
mariano rivera • yankees • closer • bruce sutter • relief pitchers

New Music The Gameboy Madrigals
Composer and guitar teacher Joey Mariano has released the Gameboy Madrigals as a free download. The music combines psuedo-medieval polyphony with video bleeps and buzz.
joey mariano • gameboy madrigals • iimusic.net • 8bit music • gameboy music

Rob and Amber Racing Ahead
Rob and Amber Mariano, one of the most famous reality couples of the small screen, have completed the first leg of The Amazing Race. No surprise - they're in first place.
rob and amber • mariano • rob • amber • cbs

Seven Active Hall of Fame Pitchers
Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz and Mariano Rivera will make Baseball's Hall of Fame in their first eligible year.
baseball hall of fame • active hall of fame pitchers • future hall of fame pitchers • hall of fame pitchers • future hall of famers

Davis Cup crowd control needed
Crowd control has become a big issue in the Davis Cup competition, particularly recently in some South American countries. In one of the worst issues of unruly crowd behaviour in the Cup, unruly Chilian spectators forced the Argentine team to withdraw from their Davis Cup qualifying match. The crowd, angered by line calls against their player threw fruit, coins, bottles and plastic chairs onto the court. Argentine player Mariano Zabeleta's father suffered a head injury which required 10 stitches. In response the International Tennis Federation has kicked both Argentina and Chile out of this year's Davis Cup competition. Tennis authorities need to take stronger measures to enforce crowd control in heated situations. This kind of outcome is unacceptable in our gentlemanly sport of tennis.
davis cup • crowd control • mariano zabeleta • chile • argentina.

No Shortcuts to Cooperstown, NY
How the modern save statistic has skewered the way a game is played, and why it should not impact Hall of Fame Balloting.
closer • lee smith • bruce sutter • mariano rivera • joe torre

Ozzie, Clark, and Pujols
There have been a few pitchers who have given up key home runs in critical situations. Most do not recover for a while, if ever. A few, such as Mariano Rivera, become stronger. How will Brad Lidge, the great young Astros closer who gave up Pujols’ home run, react?
albert pujols • cardinals • playoffs • ozzie smith • smith

Why Offense Has Increased: Part 1--The Lowered Pitching Mound
Baseball today is quite different from the game that existed fifty years ago but because baseball’s basic structure, with the exception of the designated hitter rule, has seemingly remained the same and the changes have occurred over many decades, most of us don't realize what has happened.
pitching mound • yankees • sporting news • mariano rivera • roger clemens

The Rise of The Relief Pitcher
Relief pitchers were once failed starters. Now they're acclaimed specialists and "closers" are most valuable player candidates.
relief pitchers • closers • "firemen • " pitching heros • baseball history

Escalation or Sign Him Before They Do
The Yankees and Red Sox are involved in an insane game of one upmanship. Neither team knows how to build a winning TEAM.
yankees • red sox • steinbrenner • epstein • a-rod

Short-Lived Happiness
Rawly Eastwick, whom the Yankees signed as a free agent to a five year deal for $1.1 million, told reporters “I’ve never been happier in my life. It’s been a wonderful experience. Everything’s been fabulous. There is no aspect of this spring that I haven’t enjoyed.”
yankees • new york • new york yankees • reds • world champions

Vicious and Fear
Gossage’s new teammates said that his stuff was “vicious.” The man who hit three home runs his last three at bats in last year’s World Series and is known to fear no mortal, not even George Steinbrenner, said that “He puts fear in hitters. Hitters just fear him physically.”
yankees • new york • new york yankees • mariano rivera • rivera

2007 MLB Fantasy Relief Pitchers
While some fantasy stalwarts have been disappointing this first quarter, there have been plenty of nice surprises among MLB closers in 2007 season so far.
2007 fantasy mlb season • top 10 fantasy relievers2007 • 2007 top 10 fantasy closers • best 2007 fantasy relief pitchers • best fantasy closers

Available Fantasy Baseball Studs
This list contains a lot of veterans who have underperformed for large chunks of the 2007 MLB season. But, each of these guys seems poised for a brilliant second half.
2007 mlb fantasy baseball season • mlb fantasy baseball studs • fantasy baseball pitching leaders • fantasy baseball hitting leaders • mlb fantasy baseball players

Detroit and Cleveland Can't Win
It is unconceivable that the Tigers will go with Todd Jones and that the Indians will go with Joe Borowski if they hope to be taken seriously.
detroit tigers • cleveland indians • american league • todd jones • joe borowski

Jackie Robinson's Enduring Legacy
Jackie Robinson's life after baseball was marked by great efforts and great honors. He and Babe Ruth are the most important ballplayers of all time.
jackie robinson • 60th anniversary • jackie robinson day • civil rights movement • april 15

MLB Career World Series Records
It's been said that truly great baseball players excel in the World Series. These players are the real cream of the crop among Fall Classic participants.
career world series records • world series hitting records • world series pitching records • world series most wins • world series most rbi

MLB Hot Trade Deadline Rumors
With just eleven days to go until the trading deadline, teams must decide if they are buyers or sellers. Welcome to the eBAY of Major League Baseball.
major league trade rumors • mariano rivera • mlb trade rumors • deadline trade rumors • mlb trade deadline rumors

MLB's Top 20 Career Save Leaders
The Top 20 MLB relief pitchers are led by Trevor Hoffman, Lee Smith, John Franco and The Sandman, Mariano Rivera. This bunch knows how to shut that ninth inning door.
mlb save leaders • the 300 save club • 300 save club • top 20 relief pitchers • top 20 career save leaders

The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
Millard has written an exciting and educational book about Roosevelt's perilous expedition on the unknown River of Doubt, now known as Rio Roosevelt.
river of doubt • candice millard • theodore roosevelt • amazon • roosevelt rondon scientific expedition

Jazz Composer Charles Mingus
On the evening of October12th, 1962, the jazz composer Charles Mingus assembled together a group of America's finest jazz musicians to record a concert.
charles mingus • town hall concert • duke ellington • zoot sims • britt woodman

Is It As Bad As It Seems?
Perranoski was on the mound 8.8% of the time for the Dodgers. This past season, Mariano was on the mound 4.8% of the time for the Yankees.
yankees • giambi • pettitte • rivera • perranoski

Yankees Being Smart About Pitching
The New York Yankees have spent almost $400 million to secure a potent offense for 2008 and beyond, but have they paid emough attention to their pitching needs?
yankees pitching in 2008 • yankees startin rotation 2008 • yankees johan santana trade • johan santana melky carbrera • johan santana ian kennedy

Hewitt on target
19 year old Australian Llyeton Hewitt won his 5th career title last week, beating Briton Tim Henman by 6-4, 7-6. The teenager looks to be the best young player of his generation, improving to a 20-1 record this year. The question that remains for Hewitt is just how far he can go, particulary given his small stature.
hewitt • sampras • kafelnikov • chang • henman

The Revised Lineup Rule
Closers don't always face the opposition's best hitters. The Revised Lineup Rule would change that.
revised lineup • revised lineup rule • closers rivera • wagner • hoffman

Joe Torre's Yankee Manager Career
When he was hired to manage the Yankees in 1996, no one could have predicted that Joe Torre would enjoy such longevity and success as skipper of the Bronx Zoo.
joe torre yankee manager • joe torre fired • joe torre retires • joe torre's yankee record • joe torre career wins

Magic
They are wrong. They are all wrong. The magic has not left the Stadium. The magic has not left the Yankees. The magic has never been stronger nor has the magic ever worked harder.
yankees • red sox • world series • magic • playoffs

Making Them Suffer Even More
The last time the Yankees were in such a game was in Game 2 of the 2000 World Series against New York.
yankees • red sox • mets • world series • 2000

Now is NOT the Time
The Yankees should emulate some of the things the Minnesota Twins have done and then George Steinbrenner might be happier.
minnestota • twins • yankees • steinbrenner • world series.

One More Chance?
“And teammates say Tom Gordon was so unnerved by the series' pressure, he was throwing up in the bullpen before failing to hold a two-run lead in Game 5.”
tom gordon • flash gordon • world series • yankees • red sox

No Pitching?
The New York Yankees won their first pennant in 1921 and last won the World Series in 2000. While the Yankees have had many outstanding pitchers, almost all of the greatest of the great pitched elsewhere. Despite that fact, the Yankees may be the team whose pitching has been the best and most consistent of the modern era.
yankees • pitching • ruth • gehrig • dimaggio

Sam
Sam sat down as Mariano Rivera entered the game even though it wasn’t a save situation. After Bernie retired and Posada was sent to Arizona as part of the package that brought Randy Johnson to New York, only Rivera and Jeter remained from the last championship team. Rivera retired four straight batters to preserve the win.
new york yankees • steinbrenner • world series • yankee stadium • roger clemens

Dump the Cash Man
Subtle events speak volumes. Getting Jesse Orosco and NOT getting Graeme Lloyd reveals so much about Brian Cashman.
graeme lloyd • yankees • jesse orosco • brian cashman

Orioles Nolan Reimold Staying in the Lineup
The Baltimore Orioles called up outfielder Nolan Reimold in mid-May to try and plug a gaping hole in their lineup. The result is an everyday player not named Wieters
baltimore orioles • nolan reimold • matt wieters • felix pie • norfolk tides

Russian Routes Sampras
20 year old Marat Safin has inflicted Pete Sampras' worst ever grand slam defeat, smashing him in straight sets in the US Open final. The powerful Russian won 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in an astonishing display which took only 98 minutes. This, coupled with Lleyton Hewitt's semi-final effort has surely heralded the arrival of the younger brigade; attempting to usurp the old guard of Sampras and Agassi.
safin • sampras • us open • agassi • mcenroe

Sampras Surpasses the Greats
Pete Sampras has won his record breaking 13th Grand Slam title, defeating Patrick Rafter by 6-7 (10-12), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 6-2. It was his 7th Wimbledon crown, and his third in succession. He is now the most successful player at the prestigious tournament in history, and has surpassed all other players in number of grand slams won. Sampras overcame tendonitis above his left ankle to win the tournament, and sealing his place in history. Rafter meanwhile, on the comeback from injury; was gallant in defeat.
sampras • rafter • wimbledon • grand slam.

And They Finished 17 Games Out
Many years ago, a Yankees team had four Hall of Famers. Their main rival that season was the Boston Red Sox, a team that had not four but FIVE Hall of Famers, but it was the Yankees who won the pennant and swept the Reds in the World Series while Boston finished a distant second, 17 games out of first place.
yankees • new york yankees • world series • baseball • hall of fame

California's First Wines
Traditional notions of the beginnings of the California wine industry are debunked.
thomas pinney • california's first winery • kohler & frohling • angelica • agoston haraszty

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