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Submitted by TotalAccess on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 07:56

Mariano Rivera: Greatest Pitcher Ever?

Via Baseball Reference:

Mariano Rivera is 40 years old, still pitching extremely well, and is first in baseball history in ERA+. Among active pitchers, he’s ranked first in ERA, WHIP, H/9IP, K/BB, HR/9IP, WPA, and fielding percentage. (Go ahead and carefully re-read that last sentence.)

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Submitted by TotalAccess on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 01:27

New York Yankees: Bullpen Resurgence Integral for World Series Repeat

With the way that the game has changed over the past few decades, relief pitching has become a substantially more integral part of baseball.

In the age of inning limits, pitch counts and match-ups, starters aren't pitching as deep into games as was once the norm.  A bad bullpens can turn a decent team into a mediocre ones and a great bullpen can solidify a good team as a serious playoff contender.

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Submitted by TotalAccess on Sun, 08/01/2010 - 12:55

MLB Cy Young Power Rankings: How Far Has Ubaldo Jimenez Fallen?

Now that the trade deadline has passed, the final two months of the season begin to take their course. Now that the All-Star break has passed, it's interesting to see if any frontrunners have fallen or any new faces have made shocking gains.

Except for Ubaldo Jimenez, this is not really the case. The NL frontrunners remain the same top four as it has been all season, though the rankings of the AL may be a surprise.

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Submitted by TotalAccess on Mon, 07/26/2010 - 21:27

Mariano Rivera A Cause For Concern???

By Larry Barnes | Yankees 'n More
It might sound strange to say this on a night when Mariano Rivera just successfully closed out a 3-2 win in a shutout 9th inning on the road for his 21st save in 23 chances, but... I'm concerned about Mariano Rivera.

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Submitted by TotalAccess on Sun, 07/25/2010 - 17:38

New York Yankees at MLB Trade Deadline: Killing Two Birds with One Stone

Earlier this week, I took a look at one of the primary concerns for the Yankees as they head into the dog days of summer, the suddenly fragile state of the starting rotation. In the subsequent games since my article, we have been treated to a well-diversified display of the myriad issues facing the Yankees starting pitching.

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Submitted by TotalAccess on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 18:38

George Steinbrenner Dies: His 15 Best New York Yankees Players

The sports world lost a legend today, when former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner passed away at the age of 80.

While he was far from the most well liked figure in sports, you can't argue with his results, as he brought 11 AL Pennants and seven World Series titles to the Yankees, building them into a dynasty in the late 1990s.

Having taken the reigns in 1973, Steinbrenner saw a great numbers of players play under him in over 30 seasons as team owner, and what follows are the 15 best Yankees of the Steinbrenner era.

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Submitted by TotalAccess on Sun, 07/04/2010 - 01:10

MLB Closer Carousel and Fantasy Baseball Impact: AL Report

Saves....some people care about them, some people could care less.  For those that do care, it's time to take a close look at each team's closer role.  It's July and the sample sizes are large enough to see some trends.  So here we go...


What to watch for

 

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Submitted by TotalAccess on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 17:28

The Yankee Years: Joe Torre's All-Time New York Yankees!

With the weekend series between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers coming to a close last night, the MLB and its fans are finally ready to move on with the post-Joe Torre Yankees.

While Torre may not be as loved and cherished by New Yorkers as he was once was, there is no denying that he brought the Yankees from a mediocre team to becoming the premiere franchise in all of professional sports.

This is what his starters would look like, if Torre selected individuals from his tenure with the Yankees and put them together on one team.

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Submitted by TotalAccess on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 10:23

Mariano Rivera Shows Why He's Still the Best

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera almost had flashbacks to 2001 when he lost the World Series to the Arizona Diamondbacks. In that game, it all started with a bloop single.

Last night a 10th inning rally by the Diamondbacks started the same way. After center fielder Curtis Granderson gave the Yankees a 6-5 lead with a solo home run in the top half of the 10th, Rivera came out to work his second inning of the night.

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Submitted by TotalAccess on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 02:43

New York Yankees: Joe Girardi Makes Excellent Move with Mariano Rivera

It wasn't a classic to begin the evening, with lots of walks and terrible clutch hitting, but last night's New York Yankees-Arizona Diamondbacks matchup ended up being a really good baseball game.

It had everything in the latter innings: great defensive plays, big hits (although not enough), and some stellar clutch pitching by the greatest relief pitcher in baseball history, Mariano Rivera.

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