Mariano Rivera has 413 career saves

I shouldn't read any articles about Mariano Rivera. Mariano is the greatest late inning reliever in history, should've won the Cy Young at least once by now & is first ballot Hall of Famer (Charley Steiner has also remarked about the Hall of Fame designation). But, if a writer has to turn in a column on something & decides it'll be about Mariano, he'll choose a stat that puts Mo behind several others of far different stature. This cookie number doesn't tell the true story. Most like me who might speak up have long since been cowed into submission simply because the subject happens to be a Yankee. Mariano actually has 413 career saves, 34 of them in the post season, but the AP & others like to mention those tougher ones later in an article if at all. They often say, Mariano "had the opportunities..." in another attempt to mitigate him. Other pitchers were offered the "opportunity" to pitch for the Yankees & TURNED IT DOWN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT THE PRESSURE. It never ends.

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