Tag Archives: Mariano Rivera

Rivera hasn’t ruled out a 2012 return

When the news came down that the great Mariano Rivera tore his ACL shagging flies in Kansas City it seemed like it might be the end of his career. After all, at age 42, an injury like that would be career threatening for most players. However, this is Mo who is in fantastic shape and ...

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Pictures of Mariano Rivera’s wife Clara Rivera

Here are pictures of Mariano Rivera's wife Clara Rivera. These kind of remind me of an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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Rivera’s sugery was successful

Mariano Rivera finally had surgery on Tuesday to repair his torn ACL that he suffered in April and will keep him on the disabled list all season long and by all reports everything went well. "My surgery was a success, it went perfectly," Rivera said on his Twitter account. "I am looking forward to beginning my ...

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The Yankee beat: meeting Joe Girardi edition

The Yankees got 7, 1 hit innings out of Hiroki Kuroda tonight and back-to-back-to-back home runs from Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher, Andruw Jones for an easy 9-1 victory against the Mets. Here is the recap and graph. Before the game I had a chance to meet with both managers Joe Girardi and Terry Collins thanks to ...

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Rivera finally ready to have surgery

Mariano Rivera hasn't had surgery to repair his torn ACL yet because the first time he met with doctors to schedule the surgery they discovered blood clots. They put him on blood thinners and gave him time to recover from that. Now he's finally ready to have surgery. According to Dan Martin of the NY Post, ...

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Still no surgery for Mariano Rivera

It was about three weeks ago when Mariano Rivera tore his ACL while shagging flies in the outfield, but the 42-year-old legend still has not had surgery to repair the damage. When Rivera met with doctors to schedule surgery about a week following the incident, they discovered a blood clot in his right calf. They treated ...

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Yankees demote Cody Eppley to make room for Pettitte

In order to make room for Andy Pettitte on the active roster, the Yankees demoted right handed reliever Cody Eppley to Triple-A and placed Mariano Rivera on the 60-day disabled list. Eppley is a 26-year-old that the Yankees nabbed off waivers from the Texas Rangers to replace George Kontos who went to San Francisco in the ...

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Rivera has blood clot in right calf

Mariano Rivera went to the doctors over the weekend to see when they could schedule to repair his torn ACL and there were compliacations. Those complications turned out to be a blood clot in his right calf. “I was scared,” Rivera told Marc Carig of the Newark Star-Ledger. “You never hear good things about blood clots.” Rivera is ...

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D-Rob saves 1st game post-Rivera

David Robertson saved his first game in the post-Mariano Rivera world and it was in classic D-Rob fashion. It wasn't exactly pretty, but Robertson showed off why he is called Houdini, loading up the bases before striking out the final two batters to end the game. It's almost like he needs the situation to be as ...

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The Yankee beat: WAR and the bullpen

The Yankees might have gotten Ivan Nova back on track tonight as he got them off to a good start this week with a win over the Rays. David Robertson got his first post-Mariano Rivera save too. Here is the recap and graph. Here is what the Yankees blogosphere was talking about today. It's About the Money ...

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