I was so spoiled having this man as my closer for almost 20 years.

@iamjp1

8 ай бұрын

as a 22 year old, i still feel spoiled only seeing half of it!! it will be a long time before we see someone as good as this guy and odds are he won't be a yankee

@jtg.809

7 ай бұрын

@@iamjp1if we got another closer as good as Mariano we would literally be the luckiest fanbase of all time *Edit: besides maybe Patriots fans 😂

@iamjp1

6 ай бұрын

@@jtg.809 i'd find it hard to believe that one closer could be so dominant and stick to one team and break mo's records in my lifetime

@rancidcrawfish

6 ай бұрын

Your closer, huh? The username must have something to do with that ownership mentality

He was so good that he basically threw one pitch over and over and made pros look like little leaguers. I'm glad I was able to watch him when he was active.

@syourke3

5 жыл бұрын

eyeronic The batter knows what’s coming but he still can’t hit it.

@fliparachi3647

5 жыл бұрын

#TwoPitches

@CanadaMMA

4 жыл бұрын

The key was that he could throw that one pitch in a multitude of different ways. Was it going to break hard away from righties? Or sharply down? Or was he going to throw it like a 4 steamer? You would have to guess, because all of the variants looked identical until you had to swing.

@Tampa370

4 жыл бұрын

If he was awesome, why wasn't he a starter ?

@iamhungey12345

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tampa370 His cutter didn't come in few years after his rookie season. Plus he had an elbow surgery that stalled his development which played a role in why by the time he made his debut in the big leagues, he was 25. Whether or not he could have gotten a decent career as a starter is unknown as he was never given another shot after his rookie season.

He get 100% of votes HOF 2019 🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦 VIVA PANAMA

@leonardomonterrey546

3 жыл бұрын

🤩🤩

@isabelrq

2 жыл бұрын

🇵🇦 Vivaaaa... ojueee 🤗♥️🇵🇦🎶👏🙌🙌

And to think he went on got another 50 saves to the end of his career absolutely awesome

@iamhungey12345

Жыл бұрын

@Junior71392 2012 was going to be his last.

@iamhungey12345

Жыл бұрын

@Junior71392 Doesn't change that he was going to leave after the season, it wouldn't have changed his mind if he hadn't messed up his knee that season. I mean Michael Strahan retired after a Super Bowl winning season for example, not everyone retires because of a losing season.

El pitcher mas dominante que ha dado el Beisbol en su historia y lo mas tremendo es que todos los bateadores sabian el pitcheo que venia y aùn asi no le bateaban

@marcoslaureano5562

2 жыл бұрын

RELIEF pitcher. Greatest RELIEF pitcher.

@pwj86772

Жыл бұрын

No hablo taco bell

@JeffreydelosSantosINFP

Жыл бұрын

el mas dominante fue pedro, pero buen relevista

@albertorangel3335

Жыл бұрын

@@JeffreydelosSantosINFP Pedro dice este 🤣 salió chistoso el hombre

@furiamanka.rodrigo.4046

Жыл бұрын

@@JeffreydelosSantosINFP según tengo entendido el mejor relevista de todo los tiempos es mariano rivera y aun pose el récord aaa pero igual buen lanzador el pedro👍

His entrance was like a WWE entrance, Jim Ross and the crowd would go crazy and the opponents are looking scared in disbelief when the strains of Enter Sandman begin

@mikawhofan

4 жыл бұрын

Business is about to pick up here folks. You've got arguably one of the best in the business about to step foot into the squared circle

@41Brother2

3 жыл бұрын

BAH GAWD IT'S MO IT IS MO! Business is about to pick up here King!

@broadstreet21

2 жыл бұрын

They know the game is over when he takes the mound... unless it's BoSox.

@christendo5733

Жыл бұрын

@@broadstreet21 so u make that assumption based on that 1 blown save in the 2004 ALCS? Rivera won the ALCS MVP the previous year, just saying. XP

@broadstreet21

Жыл бұрын

@@christendo5733 Well that season, possibly all time, I believe his head-to-head record versus the Sox were worse than his average opponent.

I miss this team, Jorge Posada, Brett Gardner, Alex Rodriguez, Russell Martin, Nick Swisher, Derek Jeter, Mark Texieria, Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson.

@YouAlreadyKnow2

4 жыл бұрын

Not better than DJ, Paul o Neil, petite, posada, Scott brocius, tino Martínez, chuck knoblauch, Bernie Williams, and Chad Curtis.

@gyazuka

4 жыл бұрын

Dont forget hideki matsui

@hankscorpio7767

4 жыл бұрын

@@YouAlreadyKnow2 all I see is a list of juicers

@YouAlreadyKnow2

4 жыл бұрын

Hank Scorpio are You kidding ? Who juiced ?

@Vito_Caligiuri

4 жыл бұрын

Snapperbob same. And most of them are retired😞

props to the ref for how emphatically he called the last strike .... dude was pumped, and he emphasized it .... it's very hard to find any human being that doesn't like and respect Mo .... a true legend

@theman6705

Жыл бұрын

*Ump

@rancidcrawfish

6 ай бұрын

"ref"

Que orgulloso de Ser Panameño, Mariano Dios lo bendiga siempre..⚾️⚾️

@nisuanthony5338

2 жыл бұрын

🇵🇦 así mismo siempre orgulloso

Panamá in the house 🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦

@jordyossiel

2 жыл бұрын

🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦

He made it look so easy. Unbelievable talent. The GOAT.

With the houston astros sign stealing fiasco going on, you have to appreciate the greatness of mo. You already know what is coming, no sign stealing required, yet still they couldn't hit it

@alexpaxton629

3 жыл бұрын

Commander Shepard there was no sign stealing that year

@colinking2610

3 жыл бұрын

Alex Paxton we know. But he’s saying that every batter who faced Rivera knew the cutter was coming but it was so good, no one could hit it.

@alexpaxton629

3 жыл бұрын

Colin King yeah I’m not dissing that I’m saying the Astros weren’t cheating then that’s all

@notthed0d791

3 жыл бұрын

Alex Paxton oh okay nobody cares shut up

@commandershepard1932

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Thanks for the 42 likes. 42 for 42. Gotta appreciate the greatness of mo

MO was so good that when he came out to pitch people knew they could all go home because it was over

The regular Season saves record is insane, but honestly, the truest measure of Mo's Greatness are his 41 post season saves, He was a MACHINE! Teams you play in Post season are the best teams from that regular season, and he dominated. As insane as it sounds, he was 2 times better in Playoffs and World Series, he wasn't perfect, but his percentage 89% FAR outclasses any closer in history, with comparable innings in playoffs. It's 8.4 to 1 for Rivera, and the average for the rest of MLB closers was 2.1 to 1 in save differential. He was a freak. There will never be another like him.

@jewman303

3 жыл бұрын

More men walked on the moon than scored against Mo in the post season.

The Poster for sportsmen all over the world. What a fantastic human being

He was amazing! And everyone liked him even the opposing team.

His consistency was in large part due to the ability to recreate the throwing motion of his pitches he through strikes pitched to contact all of which minimized arm stress and he watched a lot of spectacular pitchers come and go the first 100% er in the hof the perfect exclamation point

Absolutely Amazing pitcher. This guy is a legend!!

Brings back memories. Best game I ever attended.

GOAT. No questions asked.

Creo que fue el más grande cerrador de todos los tiempos de las Grandes Ligas...

@hectormorteo2594

2 жыл бұрын

Es correcto, asi se le considera era un fuera de serie, Marianito el gran orgullo de Panamá.

Congratulations to Mariano Rivera, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Monday!

Gift from God. He will always be the best closer in baseball history

Class, Dignity, Grace - the best of all time.

Greatest cutter in history. And I'm a Twins fan

This gave me goosebumps when he comes in for relief along with the song Enter the Sandman

@jacobrichardson1952

4 жыл бұрын

Right?

Mo is one of my favorite yankees closers of all time. He was the greatest pitcher of all time.

I was in attendance for this one. Bottom of the 8th was the first time I ever heard the Yankee fans cheer for a Yankee (Nick Swisher) grounding into a double play to keep the save opportunity intact lol What an amazing career Mo. Wish we still had you on the team

Simply The Best, EVER.

Ídolo de Panamá. Grande🔥🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🌴🇵🇦🇵🇦🌴🌴🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦

it was a true honor to be a Yankee fan during these core four years. The yankees have given me and my buds so may awesome and majical memories. Congrats big Mo!!

Despite the fact that most statheads HATE the save, we all love Mariano Rivera. He was so good when he was on the mound, he would have been a fringe HOF candidate... if he threw starter innings. The fact he was worth 56 (r)WAR over 1200 innings is STAGGERING.

@nicaj7713

Жыл бұрын

why do they hate the save?

@CanadaMMA

Жыл бұрын

@@nicaj7713 Saves, like wins and losses, don't always tell the correct story. It is very easy to pitch well enough to deserve a win or save, or poor enough to deserve a loss, but not get them. And stats should tell you how well someone pitched.

8:15 BARTOLO

Desde Puerto Caimito Panamá 🇵🇦

That cutter is FILTHY. EXIT SANDMAN.....the best ever.

Love how with Mo theres no “arguably the best” or “one of the best” everybody just knows he is simply the best

@Lord_Bibulous

Жыл бұрын

Except for Goose Gossage, dude has a problem with Mo for some reason.

Ese día entraron 2 jugadores en la historia uno con el bate al hombro y el otro como es mas grande cerrador de todos los tiempos, clase de atleta

2021!! El mejor de lo mejores ! desde Puerto caimito Panamá

Mariano PANAMÁ🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦 😍✊🏻👊🏻😎😎

@cindymaylinavila9866

4 жыл бұрын

L

Perfect Player in MLB !!

🇵🇦Super Star 🇵🇦

He was Baseball Royalty for the Historic Yankees as a Reliever during his tenure in The Pinstripes I’m happy I got to see him play all those years live at the old and new stadium

ref did a great job putting some juice in that last strike call

Panama present🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦💪👋

The manager to Mariano Rivera : hey Mariano lets shut down and go home

I havent watched baseball since 2009 and was a huge Yankees fan. I truly forgot just how much of a beast Mo is.

Baseball Makes The World a Better Place To Live!

sumamente un ídolo 🇵🇦

God this gives me goosebumps even at 10 years old.

@keyshawnscott12

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I'm 20 and this is hella awesome

@jacobrichardson1952

2 жыл бұрын

@@keyshawnscott12 Im 20 as well!

@keyshawnscott12

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobrichardson1952 I'm 21 now

ORGULLO PANAMEÑO; NETAMENTE CRIOLLO; VIVA MARIANO VIVA MI PANAMÁ

“The Babe Ruth of his position.” Well said by Michael Kay. The unquestioned greatest ever at what he did, at one of the hardest roles to play in any professional sport.

Glad I got to witness Rivera playing when I was growing up. Started watching Baseball in 08 & Rivera is the best player I’ve seen play since I’ve started watching. That was a fun Yankees team too, used to be a huge Rays fan & I loved those battles back when the Rays had Longoria, Crawford, Upton, Price. Loved watching Jeter, Cano & Arod on the Yankees too. Good times back then. But the future is bright for baseball. So many young studs.

🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦Legenda😭😭

@keitlynrivera9767

2 жыл бұрын

Leyenda*

@ferna04

2 жыл бұрын

@@keitlynrivera9767 vaya ganas que tenías tocas las pelota, eh?

I met the toughest Yankee one time on 28 the street and Madison Ave. Posada..one of the greatest Yankees catchers of all time

The best and Amazing!!🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦

Viva panama mariano gracias poner pais en alto ⚾️🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦

Wow crazy how much i took him for granted smh

Thank you so much for sharing this! Love Mariano as a person and a player. God bless everyone

Panamá en su maximo exponente del baseball 😍😍🙏

@gregoriosamaniego4985

2 жыл бұрын

Roc carew fue el mejor d panamß

Un abrazo Hermanos panameños un excelente representante...saludos desde Panamá...

@jordyossiel

2 жыл бұрын

🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦

No one better then mo but geradi should have had Posada catch that 9th Inning not Russell Martin

@mdominance

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!!!!

@frankvarela7462

5 жыл бұрын

It probably didn't cross his mind making that move.

@juancaorte_7270

4 жыл бұрын

You absolutely Right

@kw3674

4 жыл бұрын

For sure. But guess he made up for it a little when he sent Pettite and Jeter to pull him in his last outing. Waterworks right there...

@ShimonFrankel

4 жыл бұрын

Girardi resentful Posada took his place

El mejor del universo de por vidabendiciones para ud,.Mariano Rivera.,,10;21PM, 12/14/2018/,Raleigh,NC.

Excellent player disciplined...

And to think, I remember hearing from more than one source that Mo actually HATED “Enter Sandman”…. But still wore it to make fans happy. Class act, that man is…

@Lord_Bibulous

Жыл бұрын

He didn't hate the song. As a devout Christian he said he's never listened to the complete song. The song was chosen for him by Yankee Stadium studio staff. He just took it as a sign to go to work. I've always wondered if he knows "The Lord's Prayer" is recited in the song.

As a hitter you might have been better off swinging at the first pitch with Mo on the mound. Relievers need to get ahead, so very often the first pitch is the best one to hit. The idea that you could work Rivera to the point he might make a mistake because he was somewhat tired, was very unlikely. He was too efficient, too precise with his pitches. About the only advantage the hitter had was that he was always around the plate, and pitchers like that do give up hits on 0-2 and 1-2. But the bottom line is that a reliever has to put himself in the best position possible to be successful, and that factors in quality of pitches, control, location, efficiency, and the ability to field ones position. When you take all those into consideration, Mariano is number one without question. The efficiency aspect has the bonus of making it easier for him to be used for multiples innings and on consecutive days. Congratulations for making it to Cooperstown Mo.

Chapman is good...but Rivera will always be the best

@raymondceliare2307

3 жыл бұрын

That's the difference... Eckersley, Hoffman, Sutter, Smith, Gossage, and the rest of the elite group.. they were ALL great Closers.. Rivera is LEGENDARY.

There is only one Sandman …never be another !!! Loved this guy ! ❤️😎

One of the best baseball player ever.

Such class and humility and not being arogant!👍❤️

Next stop... HOF 2019

@lldproductions1660

5 жыл бұрын

Unanimously now. Congrats, Mo!

@wunnaaaaa

5 жыл бұрын

GUH

@luisamaya3512

5 жыл бұрын

Wow

@frankvarela7462

5 жыл бұрын

Will be there. And will be there in 2020 for number 2 The Captain

@margaretmaniatis244

4 жыл бұрын

⚾️🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦

El mejor cerrador de la historia, era un placer verlo

Greatest of all time 👍

The most wild thing is in his last season he still had a 2.11 era and 44 saves. He could have kept going if he wanted.

El mejor cerrador de la historia

chingon marianito

The Best!!! Viva Panamá

The best ever closer of all time....

Best reliever ever

@peteyprimo7173

8 ай бұрын

And water is wet

Michael Kay as eloquent as ever. Miss you Mo.

The GOAT!

The Greatest Closer ever 💪🏻🙏🏻😎

Grande Mariano Rivera 💪💪

The fact that this man said he hated pitching as well is just mind blowing

@amandawichael9401

3 жыл бұрын

And he didn’t like Enter Sandman as his walk up song either, said he would have preferred gospel music.

There's no argument. Mariano IS the greatest closer EVER. Actually, RELIEF PITCHER period. He was a GREAT set-up man for John Wetteland too.

Míster Mariano, muchos de los lanzadores de hoy blofean demasiado ,deberían de tomar ejemplo a este señor,siempre el respeto por sus contrincantes.

Lucky enough to grow up as a young kid who had this guy to win my team games and never have to worry about a 9th inning blunder

Loved watching Mo come in,in the 9th. Lights out, the Yankees miss him

The difference in saves between Hoffman, Rivera and the rest is insane...I can't imagine how much it must have sucked to be a batter and hear that music hahha

7:40 what a sound of the Stadium.

siempre tuvo confianza en si mismo

Lile si eres de Panamá como yo

UNANIMOUS. Congrats, Mariano.

The best of all time Mariano Rivera

李維拉是大聯盟史上最強的 終結者，也是我最喜歡的球員。

With a strikeout too. Amazing.

@TheMikestastny

4 жыл бұрын

That last strike was generous, but nobody would doubt he was getting that last out one way or another.

Que orgullosos devieron de sentirse los padres de mariano rivera alverlo corree en el centro del yankie estadio y vistiendo la camiseta de los tantos tanbien viva panamá🙏🙋‍♂️🇵🇦💪👌💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

Enter Sandman: Echoes in the ball-park Rivera: Jogs to the mound Opposing Team: AAANND we're fucked!

@davyt0247

2 жыл бұрын

Opposing Manager: Pack it up, we’re done.

Greatest reliever ever. On my all-time Yankee list, I'd put him ahead of Derek Jeter

@iamhungey12345

5 жыл бұрын

I remember when they said how Jensen is the next Mariano Rivera. With his performance in the last two World Series, I don't see it.

@KneeDeep2231

5 жыл бұрын

iamhungey12345 I'm a Dodgers fan, I had the same thought for a while, but yeah, these last two World Series prove otherwise

@furioussherman7265

4 жыл бұрын

My list of the greatest Yankees of all time would go as follows. 1: Babe Ruth 2: Lou Gehrig 3: Joe DiMaggio 4: Derek Jeter 5: Mo Rivera 6: Mickey Mantle 7: Yogi Berra 8: Andy Pettite 9: Jorge Posada 10: Roger Maris

@furioussherman7265

4 жыл бұрын

@J. Milton Jeffreys Reggie and Ricky are best known for their time in Oakland. The rest of the names you listed are ones I don't recognize.

@iamhungey12345

4 жыл бұрын

@@furioussherman7265 How does a Yankee fan not know about Guidry and Munson? They're not Hall of Famers but still people knew who they were.

Lomaximo de lo maximo mariano rivera 💯🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦💪👍👊👏👌

Living Legend on top !