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 him for surgery and recovery?The ACL is one of four ligaments in the knee and is vital in creating knee stability. The meniscus is very similar to a shock absorber. ...
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 man is hitting .404, which is second to a scorching-hot Matt Kemp. Jeter also has four home runs and 13 RBI. He leads the league with 44 hits. Jeter’s 1.028 OPS is eighth best in ...
By now, we are all aware of Mariano Rivera's devastating injury.Many of us are also aware of the fact that his illustrious career may be in jeopardy.If this is the end of the line for Rivera, it will be an unfortunate close to a career of one of the most dominant pitchers—starter or reliever—of all time.I remember my first experience watching Rivera in person, and it amazed me how dominant he actually was.At the time, I was still learning to appreciate the beautiful game of baseball. I really knew nothing ...
He would never admit it, but the gods are unjust. If you haven’t heard, the Yankees’ 42-year-old closer Mariano Rivera tore his ACL shagging batting practice fly balls in Kansas City on Thursday night. The most pointless thing in the least significant place. Rivera always claimed that his cutter—the most effective single pitch in baseball history—was a gift from God. Now the same chaotic power that gifted him his career has seen fit to rob him of the graceful exit from the game he so richly deserved. The son of a fisherman ...
The news from Kansas City is awful. The great Mariano Rivera might never pitch again.His amazing career deserved a better conclusion. Either by clinching another title or letting one slip away would have been appropriate. But not slipping on the warning track in Kansas City of all cities.The fans at Yankee Stadium on April 30th might have seen his last game. Rivera's longevity as a closer has been unparallelled. But age 42, the specter of his breaking down hovered over the Yankees.But the Yankees were smart and prepared. Ever since ...
Through the first month of the 2012 Major League Baseball season, there have been many pleasant surprises and great disappointments.In both leagues there is a player with realistic shots at the triple crown: the Dodgers' Matt Kemp and the Rangers' Josh Hamilton. The biggest off-season signing, Albert Pujols, is having one of his worst hitting months of his career.If the season ended right now, the AL East would have three teams in the playoffs, and one of those teams would be the Baltimore Orioles. The AL Central would be won ...
The month of April is officially over and the Yankees have had an interesting start to their season.They are among the top teams in baseball as expected, but most players are not playing as expected. Some hitters had a better April than projected, while some have done worse.Here is a look at the Yankees' hitters statistics in April and what their projected statistics are for a full season, from those April stats.Begin Slideshow
Joe Pepitone was blamed for starting one of the most violent brawls in Yankee Stadium history when he charged toward Cleveland Indians' pitcher Gary Bell on Aug. 22, 1963. It wasn't completely his fault. The New York Yankees had defeated the Indians in the opener of a twi-night double header. Pepitone led the way to the 3-1 victory with three hits. He then hit a two-run double in the first inning of the nightcap. When he batted in third inning against right-hander Barry Latman, Pepitone was hit on his wrist. ...
The New York Yankees improved their record to 4-0 against the Baltimore Orioles this season, thanks to the effort of starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda.Kuroda pitched well and deep into the game. After throwing a splitter in the seventh that got away from catcher Russell Martin, Nick Markakis broke from third base to capitalize on the error, but Kuroda got to the plate in time, catching the ball from Martin and getting the tag on Markakis.The Yankees were able to hold onto their 2-1 lead after that with the help of ...
Andy Pettitte had his longest start in his comeback attempt on Monday, tossing 96 pitches over 5.2 innings with Double-A Trenton.He didn't see many positive results, though, as he allowed six runs on 10 hits. He did strike out eight in the contest.This is not the first bad outing for Pettitte in his comeback attempt, which isn't necessarily a good sign for the New York Yankees. Minor-league results probably shouldn't be too big of a concern for the team at this point in his comeback, as he's still working his ...