Looking back at Mariano Rivera's incredible career
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- MLB.com takes a look back at some of the most memorable and iconic moments from the stellar career of Yankees great Mariano Rivera
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The reason Mo made it unanimously into the Hall is pretty simple; he was a hell of a player, and an even better guy.
Rivera never showed anyone up, he never blamed anyone else, and he never took the credit. That kinda class is rare and respected in every field.
It's been almost 4 years since his last game and I still cried while watching this. No matter who else ever plays for the Yankees, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera will always be my all-time favorites.
Nick Allen dont forget bernie
Juan Pablo Salazar-Ortiz nick swisher? You gotta be kidding me
@@Twistedb- swisher was very good for the yanks especially in the playoffs look at his numbers my boi
Jorge?
@@bxdubs5577 How am I just seeing this now? Well of course! I met him before!
Doesn't matter who you are or what team you cheer for, we can all agree that Mariano is the greatest closer of all time and an amazing human being.
Loneski255 I’m a Red Sox fan but every time Mariano came to the mound I would just shut the tv off because it was automatic game over
Rivera = a loyal Christian
@@mannylora not in 2004 ALCS ....Red Sox won it.
@@T9RX3 Yeah but Mo was among the least of the problem the Yankees had that series.
Great player,teammate and a greater man.
Mo. The Greatest Closer in history.
Kenny I would like this comment, but currently, it has 42 likes...rather fitting.
He's Unanimous now
Not even close 0.7 playoff era and he was there every year
Umm, it’s at least, The greatest pitcher of all time and a strong argument has been made that he was, The greatest player of all time.
Nope!
I remember listening to the radio as a kid. Any time there was a lead and they brought him in, I knew the Yankees won and I was happy. It was that simple. Best closer to ever play the game. Period. And the most amazing part is that he had only one good pitch. But it was so good that it was practically unhittable.
One of my favorite players very respectful to others
An absolute legend of the game. You'll always be missed Mo ❤️
Born in 1986 in New York, I could always count on Mo in those HUGE games. You knew in those playoff games that when Mo came in, all that mattered were how many runs we could score because we weren't giving up any! Get Mo on the mound in the 8th or 9th with any lead, and we were guaranteed the win. If you're from NY and watched those Yankees in the 90s and 2000's, you know what I'm talking about.
Mariano Rivera one of my favorite best Yankee ever respect 42 and Yankees forever!
A true gentlemen, a guy who did not mind if you asked for an autograph. Paid it forward to the many communities in the Bronx and to his native Panama. It is an honor to have watched him live and see him become a legend.
It’s crazy how he started closing at 26 and yet. Still holds a record
Mariano "Mo" Rivera. One of the greatest MEN in major league baseball history.
It's official he's the only unanimous Hall of Famer Ever!
KennyTheKid Jeter will be next, and then Big Papi
He not deserved to be unanimous, if Ruth wasn't then no one should be
@@coreygibson87 No and No, but i take Ortiz over Jeter anytime.
The reason why? Because while throughout the vast history of baseball there have been many greats of the game. However, with that brings many questions and debates over the greatest players ever.
The debates have on multiple occasions divided the baseball community and its fans, leaving relatively few truths established in baseball.
Mariano Rivera is the exception to that, because while there have been many great closers, he’s without a doubt the greatest closer to ever play. That’s why he’s the first unanimously inducted player to the HOF.
@@lukaslopez8849 Ruth was a victim of the biggest logjam as HOF was just created that time. Saying that no one should be unanimous just because Ruth wasn't is as unfair as it gets and helps pave way for additional HOF voting stupidity.
I was glad and proud to watch him and the other 95-09 Yankees. Thrilling games, unadulterated drama and excitement abounded with them. This piece on Mariano brought tears to my eyes. Him, Jeter, Posada and Petite were all professionals and class acts.
Im a red blooded Red Sox fan. I have always hated every Yankee player and every Yankee fan, STILL DO!! But I got to take of my hat for Mr. Rivera and his cutter. Thank u.
Classy guy great cutter and humble
He is a Christian
I don't care if you're a Red Sox fan, A Mets fan, it doesn't matter. Mariano Rivera is one of the greatest person to ever dawn a baseball uniform at the major league level.
What a class man.
Who wudda thunk it, that back in 1995 we were looking at the best reliever/closer in baseball history.
A skinny kid from Panama, fulfilling his dream to play baseball. He learned his craft as a pitcher in Major league ball. Not only that, but in NewYork city. A south Bronx cathedral, known as Yankee stadium.
How lucky were we to have such a premier pitcher in the best ballclub in history.
Who da thunk it?
Mariano is the man that caused all those pop ups, slow ass line drives, and total strike outs!
Don't forget the broken bats.
Im Puerto Rican and we Rican's love M.Rivera.
Rivera was nothing short of spectacular!
I lost count of how many autographs he signed for my daughter. Every time he saw her in her wheelchair he came over for a minute. Today she is grown and very high functioning..no longer needs the chair. He invited her to cooperstown for the induction but we could not make it.
El mejor
The GOAT.
Congratulations Mariano. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
I'm crying right now .It makes me so fortunate to see him pitch . Goat !!!!
CONGRATULATIONS! Coming from Diamondbacks, Arizona
Amazing player, best closer of all time.
He was the only Yankees player I liked and respected. I'm a Mets fan. Even I, a Yankee hater, couldn't hate him.
Mariano Rivera is one of the greatest players of all time. The best closer ever. And also one of the classiest players in the history of baseball.
Rivera is THE BEST! Always performed the job with greatness and humility, He and Lou Gehrig are my favorite Yankees.
He had his number retired while he was still playing...
ImAussie it was retired because of Jackie Robinson
He was that good of a pitcher
Oviel Frias 🤦🏻♂️
I mean it was retired 4 days before his final appearance. So I guess yeah you're right but he was done already when they officially retired his jersey in his honor.
Loved to see Mo come in the game. That pretty much meant the Yankees won!
Jon Coda so true man... instead of waiting till the end of the 9th to win, it became “just get Mo in there and we are good”
Back in Panama he played as an outfielder for his local province team when he was a teenager. A local MLB scout noted that he had a cannon of an arm when he threw the ball back to the infield and convinced him to make the transition to pitching instead.
Who would have thought that decision was the spark to ignite the road to a legendary career!!
MARIANO RIVERA GREATEST CLOSER OF ALL TIME !!!!!!!!
Your opinion
@@T9RX3 More like the truth.
King of the broken bat!
When Rivera retired Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post wrote a column called "The Greatest Yankee Since Babe Ruth." Maybe so. It's almost impossible to compare him to Mantle and DiMaggio because their roles were so different, but I guess you could ask yourself whom you'd take if you were choosing up sides on a playground.
Mo just became the first player to be inducted into the hall of fame by unanimous decision today, January 22nd, 2019
I got to see at least one of those saves!
One pitch. Amazing.
It'll never be the same without him or Jeter my favorite players on Yankees
That '96 Yankees team was magical
truly inspiring. 42, legend.
Enter sandman
legend !!!!
he stil can pitch, but he just want to retire , at the age of 43, he still pitch around low 90s, 90-91 mph for his cutter with good command he should reach 700 sv
Goat MO is my favourite
I hate the Yankees with a passion but when it comes to closers Mariano is the G.O.A.T.
El mejor y latino de todos los tienpos y es de panamá
Louisville bat company misses Mo so much.
I hate the Yankees but i like and respect Mariano rivera
You just can't hate the man. He's nothing but a class act and a very good human being on and off the field.
Tht moment when andy took the ball, still hits me in the chest(we all knew what was coming)
10.05 i didnt cry, u cried...
He was wonderful to watch here at petco
So grateful to have been at the ceremony held at Fenway. The best.
Miss MO
rainier798 there are 2 dislikes now, the other one is Alex Gonzalez
Marion Rivera 100 % HOF yes without a doubt Paul O'Neil said it best O'Neil said our championships ride on Marion shoulders I believe that also .a true human being very classy man
I guess the one who dislike this is a Trevor Hoffman fan.
The 🐐
"How can you not be romantic about baseball" - Moneyball
When I have children & grandchildren one day, I will be able to tell them that I was here to witness Mariano Rivera pitch.
The best there was the best there is the best there ever will be
Quote from “The Natural” with Robert Redford
I hate the yankees during their run. But I respect and admire MO.. he is the greatest closer
#GOAT
Amazing closer. Anyone know the background theme in the start?
#42 #legend
Who the fck disliked this?
If you hate the yanks you love rivera. Law.
Mariano Rivera is a very devout Christian. 👍
me-MO-ries. Jeter is the only one remaining in the Core Four
His defeat in game 4 of the 2004 ALCS, is still hard to believe. That was probably the biggest meltdown in all of sports history.
Single game? No.
Entire series? Arguably but that's on the team, not Mo.
7:39 u know verlanders old when he can say that he played with Mariano Rivera
Fact: Rivera is the only active player to ever have his number retired (as in, the only player whose number got retired while he was still playing).
Hopefully you understand why.
It was retired for Jackie Robinson so the players who were still using the number gets to keep it. Mo happens to be the last one to wore that number.
I know man
Top ten best closer ever
Best closer ever.
wrong, MO is the greatest closer of all time, no explaination needed.
+Mike Hawk
Actually, Dennis Eckersley blew two saves in his postseason career (1988 WS Game 1 vs. LAD, 1992 ALCS vs. TOR Game 4). Eck is a pretty good pitcher.
And you will take Trevor Hoffman over Mariano Rivera?! I love Hoffman too, but he blew two saves in his postseason career and never made it back to the World Series after Scott Brosius took him deep.
Finally, I get that Mo blew Game 7 of the 2001 World Series and Games 4 and 5 of the 2004 ALCS, but the 2003 World Series? He didn't blow a save there. I meant you mean the 1997 ALDS.
And I'm a Red Sox fan correcting you. That's a shame.
Mike Hawk now a.k.a. Theroux was never exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.
Why didnt we do this for John Franco?
Because he wasn't as good.
Now that I think about it the Yankees had a good chance to win the world series that year and the would've had a better chance if Mo and Jeter didn't get injured
Mo used that game 7 loss as fuel for years lol
Hate the Yankees....love Rivera
How is he not a unanimous HOF vote?
Because he's not eligible yet?!??
Eligible next year I believe
Many old school voters don’t see the closer or save as Hof worthy. We will see the discussion as time goes on.
NO ONE has been so he won't be
Ryan Carroll Hoffman now
retire number 42 a second time!!
Very dramatic music on this
I don't think Rivera is going to be a unanimous first ballot Hall of Famer because of Thome if he doesn't make the IT in 2018
He's still going to be in first ballot though.
Mo didn't save game 7 in 2001, but he might save their lives because if they win game 7, they will probably ride the airplane which finally crashed and nobody survived
42 is retired. How is he wearing 42
42 was retired by the MLB 1997 in honor of Jackie Robinson, However, the grandfather clause states that players currently using the number at the time were allowed to continue use the number until they either retire or change teams. Mo was the last player to use the number until he retired in 2013 and the Yankees retired the number a second time.
JESUS CHRIST is the standard to emulate. Mock all you want... you'll have eternity to regret it... HalleluYah JESUS... the only King...
No one's mocking Jesus here bud.
Trevor Hoffman. Best reliever in the history of baseball. you knew what pitch he was gonna throw and still made the guy miss. he is missed for sure in baseball.
Yeah, that's why his postseason ERA is over 3.
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 You sure you didn't mean Mariano Rivera? Hoffman isn't even in the same conversation as Mo, get real
Haha, that’s a good one, Leonardo!
Until the Mets were responsible for snapping his perfect save run at Citi Field, then he flopped for about 4~ saves in a row, including the clash of the titans vs. Miguel Cabrera.
It was his last year and his ERA was still 2.11 and came back from a season ending injury a year before.
In the end does it really take away what he had done?
Rivera got torched in game 4 of the 2004 ALCS by the Red Sox. That was probably the biggest meltdown in sports history, and it allowed the Red Sox to come back and eventually win the ALCS, and then the World Series that season.
Single game? No.
You made it sounded as if he got lit up for several runs in that game.
Entire series? Arguably but that's on the team, not Mo.
Just wanna say, Rivera had the benefit of being on a team that gave him many opportunities to close out ballgames. There was probably a bunch of way better closers that never got the attention they deserved because they weren't on a winning team and therefore never got the save chances Rivera did
True. But he was lights out in nearly all of his games, which is the difference. He was absolutely dominant. It was an insane level of pitching.
True. But he was lights out in nearly all of his games, which is the difference. He was absolutely dominant. It was an insane level of pitching.
joseph rivera 0.70 postseason era. Fuck...
You are simply wrong. There are was no better closer in baseball and there still isn't. He was given more opportunities because his team was a winning one, but he was also given more opportunities to fail and HE DID NOT.
Just his presence in the bullpen changed the way manager's went about their gameplan; what substitutions to make and how to at least tie the game before Rivera got on the mound. No one reliever in history did it as successfully over nearly two decades. Not even close. And to do that with essentially one pitch. Your assessment is wrong but you're not alone in feeling that way.
He should have won that final World Series against the Diamondbacks. He was totally robbed.
It was the greatest of ironies that a man who embodied everything good about professional sports would end up spending his entire career with a franchise that embodies everything wrong with it.
Yep. 27 Championships is certainly wrong.
Taalib Muhammad Is that the beginning and end of the conversation? How many WS they've won? If it is, you've missed my point entirely.
Perhaps I did miss your point. My point is that the objective of the game is to win a championship. The Yankee championships were accomplished within the rules of the MLB. Many other teams chose not to make winning their priority. I see it as illogical to condemn an organization for doing all it can to win.
Taalib Muhammad Clearly you did miss my point. The aim is not to win at all costs, as the Yankees have throughout their history. It is well known (and has been proven) that they have flat out cheated in the past i.e. not within the rules of the game. You're just wrong, simple as that.
"Throughout their history"? "Cheated". Perhaps your dislike for such success clouds your perception. It may be advantageous to your stance to produce evidence of "flat out cheating" throughout Yankee 113+ year history. And you have actually supported my point in saying winning is not the aim. Obviously...that is the philosophy of whatever franchise you place your allegiance.
The Red Sox destroyed him in 2004 ALCS. GO METS!
He gave up one earned run that series, not exactly destroying Mo as well as the fact that in Game 5 that other blown save was a result of having to clean up the mess Tom Gordon made in the 8th inning with runners on corners with no out.
That doesn’t matter, he’s still the best of all times so ...
Eck only blew one playoff game. Also he threw a no-hitter. And had a 20-Win season. I think I'll take him, he can close AND start.
And I'd take Hoffman for the sole reason of him being unnoticed and overshadowed by Marinara Rivera.
Eck was no longer a starter once he became a closer, he did not close and start because he couldn't do the former anymore due to his alcoholism. Also he blew another save in 1992 ALCS that put the A's out of the series and lost a game against the Reds in 1990 WS. Not to mention the second half of his closing career was trash compared to what he had from 1988 to 1992.
As for Hoffman? Really? So many wrongs...
Garbage closer....the best is K-ROD
you're an idiot.
It takes an idiot to know an idiot
alex gonzalez ASSHOLE MARIANO RIVERA IS THE GREATEST CLOSER EVER IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL WHERE IS K ROD NOW JACKASS IS HE EVEN PLAYING ???
If you were really a baseball fanatic you would know k rod is still playing you effin tic....and MO he is not the greatest ever he might have the most saves ever but that's only 3 outs....think of the workload we put k rod through during our run in 2002...
alex gonzalez you have no clue jackass shut the fuck up and do your homework before you come on here and make yourself sound like a total effin jackass MARIANO IS THE GREATEST NO ONE ELSE COMES CLOSE