Jim Leyland: Mariano Rivera is "best closer in history"

"The bullpen is much deeper than in recent years, headed by Mariano Rivera,

• whom (Jim) Leyland called "the best closer in the history of baseball." Amazing as Rivera has been, he actually has looked as good in the Grapefruit League as ever."

NY Post column by Joel Sherman, 4/1/07, "Pitchers, Half Full or Half Empty, Take Your Pick."

• The views of people actually in the game are always interesting, as opposed to those of pundits outside the game. (sm)

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