"Wagner: I'm No Mo," by John Delcos, Westchester Journal News

I'm mainly posting this article to show another example of SHODDY PERFORMANCE BY BASEBALL AWARDS VOTERS. John Delcos, an awards voter who voted this year for the AL MVP, reports comparisons between Billy Wagner and Mariano Rivera. In the article, Delcos, who's covered the Yankees since 1998, says Rivera "has had 32 playoff saves." False. Rivera has 34 playoff saves. Any so-called baseball writer should get it right, but this is even a local guy who gets it wrong. Maybe Delcos doesn't care. Other than that, whoever picks up Wagner will be getting a good closer, all things being equal.

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