Archive for May, 2012
Rafael Soriano: Mariano Rivera’s Injury Gives »
The New York Yankees signed Rafael Soriano to a three-year, $35 million deal after he turned in a 45-save, 1.73 ERA and 0.80 WHIP-season in 2010 with the Tampa Bay Rays.At the time it was a "if we can't beat him, sign him" type deal for New York. Rather than let the Rays have a closer of their own, the Yanks brought him in to be the set-up [...]
Mariano Rivera: Are the Yankees Doomed to Fail This »
With Mariano Rivera out for the season, as it stands today, the Yankees will not win the World Series. They can't. They simply do not have the pieces a championship caliber team requires to win it all.Losing Mariano Rivera is a devastating loss for the team as well as all of baseball and its fans. If George Steinbrenner were alive [...]
Mariano Rivera Injury: Possible Silver Lining for New »
Mariano Rivera’s torn ACL is obviously one of the most devastating injuries to ever befall the storied New York Yankees. While most will be concentrating on how awful the loss may be for the Bombers, there has to be some kind of silver lining to the all-time saves leader’s injury. Instead of creating a potential controversy by [...]
The Future Is Now: Yankees Face Life After Mariano »
No one could have predicted that Mariano's Rivera's career might end this way, laying on the warning track in the Kansas City outfield, holding his right knee in pain.The Yankees have had their share of injuries this season and they run the gamut from bad luck to bad judgment.Joba Chamberlain jumping on a trampoline at a kid's playground, Michael [...]
David Robertson: 3 Reasons He Can Successfully Replace »
Mariano Rivera's season and possibly his career may have come to an end yesterday. He injured his knee at Kaufman Stadium shagging fly balls during batting practice - something that he's done for years, by the way - in preparation for a game against the Kansas City Royals.He tore his ACL and his meniscus in his right knee, and we may have seen the [...]
Mariano Rivera: Torn ACL Does Not Signal End of a »
By now, you've heard the news that New York Yankees all-world closer Mariano Rivera is out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL and a torn meniscus.Some people will throw their hands in the air and scream to the skies, denouncing the Yankees for allowing him to shag fly balls in the outfield.But Mo has been doing that very thing before [...]
Mariano Rivera Injury: How Yankees Will Survive »
The New York Yankees lost Mariano Rivera last night for the season and possibly forever, but they still have the talent to get by without him. Rivera was as close to a sure thing as you could get, and with him gone, the Yankees' bats will have to start dominating. Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports tweeted the news of Rivera's injury. Mariano [...]
Mariano Rivera Injury: 6 Reasons the Yankees Can »
Wow.That's really all I've been able to say since hearing that Mariano Rivera was carted off the field during batting practice tonight, having hurt his knee while shagging fly balls.No baseball fan wants to see the greatest closer who's ever lived end his career this way, but if he tore his ACL, Mariano might have thrown his last pitch.Losing the [...]
New York Yankees News: Mariano Rivera Tears ACL, »
Yesterday, New York Yankees fans collectively felt their hearts skip a beat. Mariano Rivera was injured, and it was a very serious injury.Before last night's game, Rivera was in the outfield catching fly balls, a pregame activity he had been doing for almost two decades, and he tore his ACL and meniscus in his knee.What does Rivera have ahead of [...]
Derek Jeter: New York Yankees Renaissance Man »
In the wake of Mariano Rivera’s potentially career ending knee-injury, good news nonetheless exists. The renaissance man that is Derek Jeter continues to show no signs he intends on slowing down. Last night, Jeter went 4-for-5 with a double during the Yankees' 4-3 loss versus the Kansas City Royals. Through 25 games, this 37-year-old leadoff [...]