Get Well Soon Mariano Rivera from Mariners Nation

May 4, 2012 by Jeff Engels · Leave a Comment

I vaguely recall seeing the young Rivera pictured above for the first time during the 1995 playoff series with the Yankees. Rivera did not become the closer for the Yankees till 1996 but he did see action in games 2,3 and 5 of that thrilling playoff match-up that was perhaps the highlight of my many […]

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Fastball, Fastball, Fastball

August 30, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

On the web there are numerous video clips of Nolan Ryan throwing fastballs and they loop over and over, fastball after fastball ad infinitum, Ryan’s seemingly effortless delivery going on forever in some parallel universe where he will throw forever. Â That was my mental picture of where Stephen Strasburg should be as he neared the […]

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