The Yanks held off the Twins today 6-4 and Mariano Rivera collected his 43rd save of the season and the record 602nd of his magnificent career.
Mariano passes Trevor Hoffman and for as great as Hoffman was, I don't think you can even compare him to Rivera.
In every position in baseball you can have debates and arguments on who the best of all time was. But when it comes to closers the discussion starts and ends with Mariano.
When you look up the careers of just about every player, they all seem to have had a down year or two or some mediocre seasons. Mariano? He's been great his entire career. There are no bad seasons on the resume. A bad year for Mariano would be a great year for most other closers.
Congratulations to Mariano Rivera, the greatest ever. Who knows how many saves he'll end up with. Oh, I forgot to mention his 42 post-season saves and 0.71 ERA.
By the way, remember when closers were called "firemen"?
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