XM MLB Chat: Win save combination, Pettitte-Rivera

UPDATE: June 11, 2010 was the 67th regular season win-save combo for Pettitte and Rivera.
As of May 26, 2010, Pettitte and Rivera have 66 regular season win-save combinations (4/19/10 article notes 65 reg. season combo) and 10 post season combos.

The MLB.com article doesn't mention the existence of a Pettitte-Rivera tandem in post season. According to Baseball-Reference, the two have 10 (updated from 8) of these. I understand MLB eschews use of the words "regular season" in articles like this, as it might alert consumers that stats also exist for "post season" -which would be "unfair."

Players' most difficult work is casually lost to history for contrived excuses, such as they're simply "luckier" than others by getting to the post season in the first place so best not to bring it up. This passive-aggressive Soviet style information blackout would have you believe everyone going to the post season would perform well and achieve glory.

This twisted manipulation of players' life and work advances easily in a Banana Republic monopoly such as baseball. In spite of MLB's information blackout, Pettitte and Rivera's work stands:

1. Game 2, 1998 ALDS, Tex @ NYY

2. Game 4, 1998 World Series, NYY @ San Diego

3. Game 2, 1999 ALDS, Tex @ NYY

4. Game 4, 1999 ALCS, NYY @ Boston

5. Game 2, 2000 ALDS, NYY @ Oak

6. Game 3, 2000 ALCS, NYY @ Seattle

7. Game 1, 2001 ALCS, NYY @ Seattle

8. Game 2, 2003 ALDS, Minn. @ NYY

9. Game 3, 2009 ALDS, NYY @ Twins

10. Game 6, 2009 ALCS, LAA @ NYY

(8 of the above were multi-inning appearances for Rivera. Honorable Mention: The "Bugs" Game, Game 2, 2007 ALDS, NYY @ Cleveland. Pettitte and Rivera appeared together in other post season games that didn't have the exact technical requirements for a win-save combo).