Congratulations Mariano Rivera on not only for your Hall of Fame election but for the first unanimous election. Will give it over to a newspaper from a town that cannot beat Boston in a post-season [Football?--Ed.] Shut up!
Now I am sure some will "bitch" about "unanimous," but that was part of the problem. The excuse of "Babe Ruth wasn't unanimous" is just perpetuating the stupidity. Mariano was the MFYankees Dynasty of the 90s.
He just . . . tended to choke:
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Though on that note I paraphrase Chris "Mad Dog" Russo summarizing the pain of choking in 2004 as they twice had a lead with "Mariano" on the mound.
Unlike the Fat Unctuous Toad, he has a sense of humor. He famously:
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to the Fenway crowd that "cheered" him during opening day of 2005.
Well deserved congratulations. The HoF voters finally got one right.
This is heartening, since the Old Farts have considered the Designated Hitter "not a real position" as similarly down-graded closers. Many Made Up Numbers of Sports Talking Heads wondered if a closer would ever get in due to this stupid prejudice, but they hoped that perhaps Mariano would break the barrier. It is no question he is a MHoF'er; the only question came from the Cement Head writers who stopped watching baseball in 1972 not letting him in.It’s Unanimous: Mariano Rivera Is a Hall of Famer
Mariano Rivera, the career saves leader whose elegant efficiency helped the Yankees win five World Series, on Tuesday became the first player ever elected unanimously to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Two other right-handed pitchers, Roy Halladay and Mike Mussina, also were elected, Halladay on his first try and Mussina on his sixth. Edgar Martinez, the longtime Seattle Mariners designated hitter, gained entry in his 10th and final year on the ballot. Halladay, a former ace of the Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies, died in a plane crash in 2017.
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Now I am sure some will "bitch" about "unanimous," but that was part of the problem. The excuse of "Babe Ruth wasn't unanimous" is just perpetuating the stupidity. Mariano was the MFYankees Dynasty of the 90s.
He just . . . tended to choke:
https://beta-static.photobucket.com/ima ... 081e74.jpg
Though on that note I paraphrase Chris "Mad Dog" Russo summarizing the pain of choking in 2004 as they twice had a lead with "Mariano" on the mound.
Unlike the Fat Unctuous Toad, he has a sense of humor. He famously:
https://kubrick.htvapps.com/htv-prod-me ... 901054.jpg
to the Fenway crowd that "cheered" him during opening day of 2005.
Well deserved congratulations. The HoF voters finally got one right.
--J.D.