There is continual debates today about who is the best all time baseball player at each position. So many have different roster lists for every position and most can't even agree on who would be the number 1 starting pitcher. There is one guy, however, that everyone has on there All Time team and he is on the New York Yankees still making history.
It was just last week that Mariano Rivera got his 600th save and he was already looking for more history to break. He had tied Trevor Hoffman on Saturday for the All Time Saves record and was looking to break it tonight. The Yankees played the Twins earlier and the 9th inning came and called for Rivera to make a save. After getting a ground out and a fly out, Rivera managed to strike out Chris Parmelee to end the game and record his 602nd career save. Yanks win, 6-4. Rivera is now the All Time Saves leader.
Rivera was already the greatest reliever of All Time and this just cements his legacy. He has saved so many big regular season games along with World Series games. Rivera has always been a clutch closer and even though he is 41, he is still feared by batters around the league. Historians will debate who the greatest position players are in baseball history but no one will ever debate who the greatest closer is of all time and that is Mariano Rivera.
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