Mariano Rivera: Been There Done That

Its been a long time since I rock and rolled.  Its been a long time since I did the stroll.  Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back.  Let me get it back, baby, where I come from.  -Led Zeppelin

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Look who it is.  Look who it is again.  Last night, Mariano Rivera got the save in another World Series game.  Ho hum.  Yes sports fans, Mariano Rivera saved a World Series game for the tenth time in his career.  For those of you keeping score at home, that save came more than 11 years after notching his first Series save in the 1998 opener against the Padres.  For those of you keeping score at home, that is the longest span of its kind.  Yowza!  The only other pitcher to save a World Series game more than six years after doing it for the first time was Tug McGraw.  Pretty cool, huh?  So is this:  A.J. Burnett was the ninth different pitcher to have a World Series victory saved by Rivera.  And while we’re at it, there have been 23 postseason saves of at least two innings since 1996, and Rivera has 14 of them, including his last three in the World Series.  Sweet sassy molassy!  Yes fans, last night Mariano did what Mariano does best.  Hooray Mariano!  But can he do the El Duque dance?

Public Spectacle:

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Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!

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