Rivera gets save No. 600
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Sep 14, 2011 
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Mariano Rivera became the second pitcher in baseball history to reach 600 career saves, shutting down the Mariners in a scoreless ninth inning to preserve a 3-2 win for the Yankees. Rivera is now one away from tying Trevor Hoffman’s all-time record of 601 saves. Rivera’s ninth preserved a win for A.J. Burnett who set a season-high with 11 strikeouts, including seven of the last 11 batters he faced. Robinson Cano homered in the second inning, then drove in the winning run with a ground ball in the sixth. Rafael Soriano and Dave Robertson formed a scoreless bridge to Rivera, who has 41 saves this season.
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Nice!
Oh! Just thought of it, but Burnett gets a win! Holy cow. What a night.
Mo! nuff said.
But AJ, what a nice surprise, let him start next time of course. LOL
Got to see it on mlb.com. Nice when they do something decent for the fans (probably accidentally).
Even Rivera looks dazed with this milestone.
Two for the record. Amazing career. Amazing, humble man.
Best. Reliever. Ever.
Great throw by Martin and tag by Jeter. I love seeing the bench so fired up.
Martin had a night behind the dish….capping it off with a great throw on a tough pitch to nail Ichiro and take the bat out of Ackleys hands.
Congrats to Mo….#600!
Great win tonight …..sweep tomorrow.
Glad I stayed up to see Yankee history. Brackman came out to hug Mariano with his backpack on.
On the cutter
Mo: I did not discover it. It was given to me by the Lord.
Do we see Romine catching Nova and Montero at DH tomorrow?
MO!!!!
It was so cool to see Martin with the last out, coming back from the injury & playing goalie tonight.
AJ got the win!!!! YEAH!!!!
That number 42 is pretty good huh?
It’s really amazing how humble Mo is. No fist pumps, nothing, he just walks to shake his catcher’s hand. The best reliever ever doesn’t even act like a superstar. He is unreal.
MO!!!!!,
YT,
I hope we see Montero behind the plate, but i think you are right is Romine behind it and The Jesus as DH.
Something to think about with this number. Hoffmann was sensational in the regular seasons, but, those teams won a ton of close games because of having a udually anemic offense. NYYs won a ton of games but, a lot of blowout wins (4 or more runs) over these 17 years. Hoffmann also took 20 years to get there.
Captain Clutch September 14th, 2011 at 1:06 am
It’s really amazing how humble Mo is. No fist pumps, nothing, he just walks to shake his catcher’s hand. The best reliever ever doesn’t even act like a superstar. He is unreal.
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…. so does this mean you don’t like Valverde??
Win #90 on the way to home field advantage!
Good night all.
As the father of a Seven year old boy, I can honestly say that Mo is one of the few professional athletes of whom I would say “son, this is the way you should play baseball and carry yourself and this is the type of professional athlete you should emulate”.
He is the class of MLB. We shall never see his like again, so enjoy each and every moment he appears for as long as he decides to play.
A blowout win tomorrow for NY, a close win in Toronto and 2 blowout wins and the record at home.
Captain Clutch September 14th, 2011 at 1:06 am
That’s why he is revered all around baseball, the classiest person you’ll find around!!!
NO CHAD! Not a photo of AJ — you’re spoiling this great moment. WE NEED MO HERE!
TheStraw September 14th, 2011 at 1:09 am
As the father of a Seven year old boy, I can honestly say that Mo is one of the few professional athletes of whom I would say “son, this is the way you should play baseball and carry yourself and this is the type of professional athlete you should emulate”.
He is the class of MLB. We shall never see his like again, so enjoy each and every moment he appears for as long as he decides to play.
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…. so does this mean you don’t like Manny??
having a ***usually*** anemic offense
jonmorosi
We know Mariano Rivera is the best closer of all time. Is that the most open-and-shut debate at any position?
Good night YT
LGY September 14th, 2011 at 1:03 am
On the cutter
Mo: I did not discover it. It was given to me by the Lord.
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And what a gift. He has used his gift so well. Such a remarkable combination of humility and steely determination on the mound.
Where is the post game on Yes?
so does this mean you don’t like Valverde??
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Don’t even get me started on that clown
Mo will break Seaver’s HOF vote total when he gets in. Would like to think he has an outside shot at being the first unanimous first ballot player, but I’m sure some idiots who vote will prevent that from happening.
Congrats to Mo on #600! Love you, Mo. Wish my dad were still here to see this.
Congrats to Mo!
I have to admit it, one of the Yankees even I can’t hate
And congrats on the win, Yank fans.
Kind of a strange game…
M’s kept it a lot closer than you would think if only looking at their strikeout totals (17, yikes!)
Not enamored with the 1-10 w/RISP (not that that is anything new) or Ichi’s failed steal.
LOVE the four DP’s and, encouraged with Charlie’s start ~ to log an “almost” quality start vs. the Yanks in only his 10th major league start is just about the most you can hope for and certainly something for him to build upon.
Tomorrow Jekyll Vargas or Hyde Vargas?
Chad, change the pic!
Good night everyone, awesome game…..can’t believe how lucky we have been the past 17 years, lets enjoy the moment because unfortunately it won’t last forever….Go Yankees!!!!
PeteABe on DRob: (responding to a tweet that said DRob is straight filthy.)
“He always is. I was on that in 2009. D-Rob is the man.”
Pete was one of the guys constantly calling out Girardi for not using DRob more.
CompassRosy September 14th, 2011 at 1:18 am
Thank you for your kind comments…..Do you have your own version of AJ?….don’t envy that part lol!!, good night
yankeefeminista September 14th, 2011 at 1:20 am
Chad, change the pic!
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Right? Anybody BUT AJ at this moment. He’s the antithesis of Mo.
Definitely one of those times I wish I had the YES post-game here.
Wang, Girardi’s on now. Aren’t some of these interviews available on Yes network archives?
Wang, no, it can only be Mo.
Great game.
Congrats to Mo. Well- deserved for the best reliever of all time.
Nice win for AJ. Hope it gives him confidence for the next start.
I love the 1 run win. Great for the team confidence!
Go Yanks!
Ugh, wish Mo had done this at the Stadium. Looks like 602 will also be on the road.
Yes, but not for a while. I esp like the wrap-ups YES does which are never uploaded. Listening to Curry would be awesome. Great journalist.
Did you notice how awkward Girardi looked on the field during all the hugs? Weird. Like he wasn’t really included in the festivities.
Wang, I thought Joe G. gave Mo a heartfelt hug.
yankeefeminista September 14th, 2011 at 1:27 am
Ugh, wish Mo had done this at the Stadium. Looks like 602 will also be on the road.
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Such a shame, although he’s one baseball players everyone loves.
Mo’s humility is my favorite thing about him. And that’s saying something considering that I love every single thing about him
Instead of YES post-game, I tune in to listen to Suzyn’s report.
Wang IS Taiwan September 14th, 2011 at 1:22 am
PeteABe on DRob: (responding to a tweet that said DRob is straight filthy.)
“He always is. I was on that in 2009. D-Rob is the man.”
Pete was one of the guys constantly calling out Girardi for not using DRob more.
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He’s also the idiot that decided the Yankees were better off with Cody Ransom at third base than having alex Rodriguez there. He is a petty, two faced jerk.
YFem,
I saw it but it wasn’t what I expected.
Sounds like Mo’s wife and kids will be there for the 602 attempt? Hope so. Would love to see how big his kids have grown.
Pvt. Doberman spewing more vile garbage. Clean up your act and go peel some more potatoes.
Wang, they didn’t interview Po. Disappointing.
Congrats to Mo !!!!!!! To quote a Tina Turner song …”You’re simply the best…better than all the rest”. There will never be another Mo and I want to thank the Good Lord for making him a Yankee (and me a Yankee fan). LuvYa Mo ….on to 602 …
Nice job by AJ tonight too.
Go Yankees 2011 !!!!!
MO! Soon that Padres president or whoever it was will acknowledge that Rivera is the best closer of all time because he will break Hoffman’s record. What a joke those comments were by that guy.
Sandman best ever no doubt about it. My favorite Yankee of all time behind the Captain.
“He’s also the idiot that decided the Yankees were better off with Cody Ransom at third base than having alex Rodriguez there. He is a petty, two faced jerk.
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You would think after being admonished for your reprehensible behavior by P’s father earlier you might learn you lesson. I can see you didn’t.
There is ‘only one’ and there will be only one Mo, nothing like him both on and off the field. He is the best ! !
I wonder if 700 is in the cards.
yankeefeminista September 14th, 2011 at 1:42 am
Wang, they didn’t interview Po. Disappointing.
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You know, this is probably a bitter-sweet time for Po.
West Coast Yankee Fan September 14th, 2011 at 1:46 am
Actually ‘Duane’ got thrashed by ‘P’ before his Dad came on. Hilarious.
Hoffman was never ever great in the post-season and that, my Yankee friends, is where it counts.
How sweet would it have been if Sado was the one who gunned down Ichiro there in the 9th.
“We know Mariano Rivera is the best closer of all time. Is that the most open-and-shut debate at any position?”
Well, there once was player named Ruth…
No one has mentioned, but 3 saves in a row will all be significant for Mo:
- 600 – just the 2nd to reach 600
- 601 – tieing Hoffman
- 602 – to have the record all to himself
I was at the game and the sad thing was there was no mention by the score board or public broadcast of this historic event…very poor on Seattle’s part
Wow….
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gbakermariners
Tonight’s attendance: 18,306. Guess Yankees fans saving up travel money for post-season.
I left with 1 out, 1 man on in the bottom of the 9th. I’ll have to watch the last inning to see Mo finish the Mariners off.
Kind of sad to see espn.com has the caption of “Milestone Men” with a picture of Wakefield. Wake’s achievement is noteworthy, but how many tries? And it wasn’t even a quality start.
Mo will have the spotlight to himself sometime in the next week anyway.
GB7 – “He is a petty, two faced jerk.”
I don’t agree with your statement . Also, I just don’t think that comments like that add to the creative, useful discourse on this blog.
But worse is aggressively calling people names in a public forum. I’m not a lawyer nor am I the “morality police”, but what you did amounts to slander.
98NYY September 14th, 2011 at 2:35 am
I was at the game and the sad thing was there was no mention by the score board or public broadcast of this historic event…very poor on Seattle’s part
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That seems unusual.
The M’s are usually pretty good about recognizing career achievement – even by opponents. It certainly was all over the local radio and TV broadcasts…
SportsGeek September 14th, 2011 at 3:03 am
GB7 – “He is a petty, two faced jerk.”
I don’t agree with your statement . Also, I just don’t think that comments like that add to the creative, useful discourse on this blog.
But worse is aggressively calling people names in a public forum. I’m not a lawyer nor am I the “morality police”, but what you did amounts to slander.
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Then go play Emily Post someplace. I hear Romper Room is looking for a milk monitor.
Mo is an example of the athlete you’d hope to have on your team, and one all of us could learn from. He is not a braggart, is extremely humble, and is not afraid to let the world know is strong believe in the Lord.
It is truly a shame that a few here can not learn that lesson, and stop trying to make this blog all about themselves, and acting like school yard kids.
GB7, I’ve learn long ago, there is a small element here that have a sole purpose to disrupt the blog, throw out personal insults, then fain how they are appalled they are that someone makes a comment about a reporter that just happens to be true. They simply need to take a contrary position to the majority, to once again have the light shine on them, and be argumentative.