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The closer Mariano Rivera has confounded hitters with mostly one pitch: his signature cutter.
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@weeyum99 5 лет назад

He's so good he can pitch 2000 balls at the same time

@FodderMoosie 5 лет назад

Something about that made me VERY uneasy.

@joshuaong5503 5 лет назад

2009. Let's be accurate.

@FodderMoosie 5 лет назад

2019, now! Wait, I've lost the plot.

@SirTylerGolf 4 года назад

It's 1300, can't you idiots listen

@iamhungey12345 4 года назад

@Eric Lee Not really, Jensen isn't Rivera for one thing. There are pitchers who uses cutters and they worked fine for them, Mo would have been fine too in his best years.

@fffastway100 8 лет назад

dayum. sometimes you just gotta shake your head and feel fortunate to have seen a great closer like this in your lifetime

@Johnkoth 5 лет назад

He is not 1 of the most dominant closers in history. He is the most dominant. Leads MLB in saves and in games finished all time. 652 and 952 Very low ERA. (Lowest Career ERA for a reliever) 2.21 (10 Starts included) Great save converting percentage. Most durable closer ever.

@mickeydrago9401 5 лет назад

Chapman has a 2.18 ERA, gotcha ;) but NO WAY could/would he keep up that pace until he is 43, the age Mariano retired... Mariano's post season pitching, maybe the best ever, 8-1 win/loss, .70 ERA, most saves BY FAR, 42

@mickeydrago9401 5 лет назад

An argument can easily be made against Rivera as to best closer, if only for one or two seasons: subjectivebaseball.blogspot.com/2010/12/top-10-closer-seasons.html so he CLEARLY never had the best closer seasons of all time, maybe a few of the top 20 but not the top 5 or so, he is listed at number 5 in this article but clearly by other metrics he should be pushed down compared to at least a few of the top ten below number 5 spot...

@dimensionzvader5453 5 лет назад

Mickey Drago Kimbrel has a 1.98 career era, gotcha too, lol But like you said, rivera is better. I am still giving the crown to rivera

@Johnkoth 5 лет назад

Kimbrel still pitches. His ERA will go up

@rogeliopitti7120 5 лет назад

@@mickeydrago9401 The name of the game is regularity. Rivera reliabilty was based in his regularity!!!.... He hadn't the the best fastball or the best curveball or the best slider. And probably he wasn't the best pitcher o closer. But at the end in the clutch, his cutter is coming and you know it, but you also know the final history........Turn off!

@snickerbars4129 5 лет назад

That graphics got me glued till the end even thought I have no idea about baseball and it's different pitches.

@mamaamaor 4 года назад

Do you wanna know how good he was? He pitched during the entire steroids era and made all these P.E.D. monsters look like little leaguers

@timbogym9038 4 года назад

You say era as if it ever ended

@CanadaMMA 4 года назад

And while the yankees had some very good teams, they were always horrible defensively. The fact Rivera was that good with Jeter playing short, and WIlliams in centrefield, was incredible.

@hzzn 4 года назад

@@CanadaMMA They also had some of the worse second base and left field defense of all time during that period. They were only good at third, first and right.

@CanadaMMA 4 года назад

@@hzzn 2001.... tell me a really good defensive shortstop doesn't get to that bloop single. Or at least gets close. Jeter was tough as nails, and could make the "heads up play" no problem. He just wasn't very good at getting to ground balls. Put him at 2nd, or LF, and he wins multiple MVP awards. His bat was that good.

@Joseph-lz5er 4 года назад

That is because he used steroids too lol.

@jeebs9 9 лет назад

I love that we can breakdown one of my favorite pitches with 3D models.

@tscat68 6 лет назад

I could take him yard any day of the week.

@homiefromfl 6 лет назад

I'm sure you could take him _to_ your hard any day of the week...

@iamhungey12345 4 года назад

@@tscat68 Not in your dreams kid.

@michaelfadian 5 лет назад

I was in Yankee Stadium in July of 1995 and he was the starting pitcher and got the win. Little did I know at 10 years old how lucky I was to be able too see the greatest reliever of all time start a game before anyone even knew who he was.

@nicksedar7338 2 года назад

Noice

@bluesman273 11 лет назад

Even though I've been a Red Sox fan for 40 years and despise just about every Yankee ever, I have nothing but the utmost respect for Mariano. He is such a great pitcher and a good person (as far as I know). Thank you for producing this video. Very informative and so well done. I wish all RU-vid videos were more like this.

@danielhoward4566 2 месяца назад

I don't like Red Sox players so yeah.

@stevenscalici3470 2 года назад

And as a NYer and Yankee fan, I consider myself blessed to have seen Mariano pitch for over 15 years…he was my favorite Yankee.

@jaredholloman5300 6 лет назад

100% positive they mixed up the spins of the fastball and cutter. A ball with perfect backspin is going to go in a straight line...it's called a 4-seam fastball.

@Brian-js6me 5 лет назад

they did

@thebeastmaster3453 5 лет назад

This, I was like “tf” when I saw the graphic

@Hogman3100 5 лет назад

I agree that they got the spin animations wrong, however a 4 seam fastball doesnt look like the cutter animation. The seams arent going to be parallel to the ground. It looks more like a brownish, reddish blur to the batter since its axis of rotation is at an angle

@todd.goslin6190 5 лет назад

Neither one were cutters.

@evanwu9428 5 лет назад

I went to go check the comments about this when I looked at the spins of the ball.

@moequity134 13 лет назад

The greatest closer in the history of the game. Period. The "scatter" balls they showed from 2009...I had to laugh. That's just amazing. Simply amazing.

@charlesking3384 Год назад

That was one of the coolest videos on baseball I’ve ever seen

@chris-hayes 5 лет назад

How did I only discover this video now. Great explanation and visuals.

@georgeramirez2099 5 лет назад

Same here man

@shinystuffff 11 лет назад

I hate the Yankees, but I respect the hell out of Rivera. That magical right hand signed an autograph for me this past Friday. Thanks, Mo.

@danielhoward4566 2 месяца назад

You are just another hater, admit it.

@WorldWarThree 4 года назад

The last part was the most important. It's all about keeping the ball off the good part of the bat. Mariano was a master at it.

@Frip36 11 лет назад

Best graphics for understanding pitches. I wish NYT would do this sort of video as a tutorial to understand the different types of pitches in baseball, e.g. fastball, cutter, slider, etc.

@pevensielavere22 6 лет назад

Mariano Rivera is my favorite baseball player. I miss seeing him pitch. He's also a great man. Much love, #42!

@theoldbk5419 3 года назад

It’s not just the movement, it’s how the ball absolutely explodes to the plate. You can’t even anticipate the speed because he throws in such a smooth effortless way. It’s crazy, I’ve seen catcher videos showing how hard it explodes out of his hand!!! And then you add the movement, unstoppable

@kieferonline 2 месяца назад

Excellent graphics in this video! One of the best pitching videos I've ever seen on RU-vid. This is 13 years after the video was published!

@drkoala 5 лет назад

Those graphics were amazing. Graham Roberts, Shan Carter and Joe Ward did an amazing job. I’m a huge fan of Kirk Goldsberry’s visualizations of basketball. These baseball graphics really made everything incredibly clear.

@apriori7 10 лет назад

Like the guy said in the vid, that easy, fluid delivery of his only made matters worse for hitters. I remember watching him pitch on tv (late 90's) and he made it look so effortless to hit 96-97 on the radar gun. Can't imagine how tough it would be to make contact with that thing...

@Rectitude4U 8 лет назад

Great video.

@Raikaze 14 лет назад

his cutter is like a scary movie you know its coming but it still gets you. thats the big difference hitters can hit other pitchers cutter, but mo is just a sick sick man. how can they not hit something they know is coming..its like getting the answers for a test and still failing.

@Eidenhoek 6 лет назад

1:55 was NOT ready.

@MexicanWorkEthic 7 лет назад

A very sweet and concise video that shows how two pitches, the fastball and cut-fastball, differ. Well done.

@jwsgilliland9630 4 года назад

What a really fun and informative way to look at it, more of these videos please

@12345balla12345 7 лет назад

Even David Ortiz said Rivera was in his top 5 best and hardest to get a hit of off pitchers.

@steviesoprano 7 лет назад

Keep in mind that this happens all within half a second. So for all you haters, baseball is extremely hard.

@Rexx01 5 лет назад

It's a peace of cake for cricketer with some practice if reaction time is just .5 second! In cricket ball is very hard plus we don't technically have .5 second's.. plus ball swing in both direction.. inswing, out swing and even reverse swing! Not only that there are spinners too!

@thehamburgler3570 5 лет назад

Dheeraj mishra the mlb used to try and convert cricket players who were studs out in India and wherever else they could find them. They all didn’t make it out of the minor league system except for one who started a game or 2 with the padres I believe but didn’t have much success and subsequently got sent back down to the minors

@heartt4994 4 года назад

.3-.4 of a second 👍🏻

@idontgotnothin 4 года назад

I wish it was half a second, that would be easy

@email16v 4 года назад

Haha...you can make any game hard junior. I'm a ten time world champ in checkers. I even take water breaks, wear my rally cap, eat sunflower seeds and chew tobacco. 9 innings can wear a brother out. Waaaaah

@greengate3d 2 года назад

Thoroughly enjoyable! GREAT work!!!

@onebadunixninja 5 лет назад

Watching the screen get red and blotchy gave me flashbacks to playing Wolfenstein. Help. Me.

@stryker94 2 года назад

This is very informative. Thank you!!

@louderthangod 7 лет назад

Fantastic video...really well covered.

@terraLiquidus 3 года назад

I could listen to this guy break down pitches all day.

@jplaybgaming3361 3 года назад

Please . Make another video like this 😭 .. I like the explanation and the animated pitch 😍

@Pstfix 2 года назад

This was an awesome clip!

@chrisjaybecker 4 года назад

Edgar Martinez was perhaps the only hitter who could hit Rivera on a regular basis. So much so that Rivera lobbied harder than any other player for Edgar's HOF induction, which showed Rivera's graciousness and class.

@oxyosbourne525 5 лет назад

Awesome video. Very informative.

@incyphe 3 года назад

This needs more views. A lot of work went into producing this video!

@tonyfired 10 лет назад

His record is 11 saves in 12 opportunities in world series that is sick he is almost perfect

@webstedge1099 6 лет назад

The one save he DIDN'T get-ended up costing the Yankees a championship the ONE time that they most needed another one. He took the 'L' after getting walked-off by luis gonzalez. 9 year old me watched that one in my living room. I still cannot look at that picture of Rivera trudging off the field with the Arizona players dancing in the background.

@ivory1696 6 лет назад

Webstedge1099 -- I remember that. One of the greatest moments in baseball. Luis Gonzales blooper single .

@iamhungey12345 5 лет назад

Yeah remember it was a bloop hit that barely made it past the infield which is generally the best one can hope for when batting against Mo. It happens. The throwing error he made was probably the bigger factor, he made the right decision trying to go for two but unfortunately the throw was way off.

@empollon2000 13 лет назад

Wow! Very informative!

@glutenfreegam3r177 4 года назад

Awesome video mate!

@-PlayMaker- 3 года назад

This was a genuinely great video

@RailsOfTheSouthProductions 3 месяца назад

To quote Mike Sweeny “You know what's coming, but you know what's coming in horror movies too. It still gets you."

@aaaaaaaaaaaahelp2470 4 года назад

Imagine being In the batters box and seeing this come towards you 1:54

@thehoep 4 года назад

One of the most dominant closers? HE IS THE MOST DOMINANT

@kingofrunescapepking 10 лет назад

Sadly, that only blown save being a loss in game 7 in 2001

@sysmg 14 лет назад

Saw this on NYTimes.com . It's an awesome depiction of why he's so great!

@benkerstetter897 5 лет назад

Great video man

@Pinkster1974 10 лет назад

He got it in on Gonzalez, who blooped it over the infield. It was a good pitch, and was hit the best one can hope for. You're right. Sometimes they hit it.

@maria2623 5 лет назад

If infield had not been in (for a potential bunt) , that bloop might been a double play. Not Mo's fault.

@us-Bahn 3 месяца назад

Bases were loaded. Mo’s fault.

@tomrochin 13 лет назад

outstanding video.

@sunnyjasaiwala9207 4 года назад

Really Great video ...

@Ozzie12 10 лет назад

Wow great video!

@GoochMcDoober1 11 лет назад

I wish they did this with more pitchers and their best pitches.

@inutero10 4 года назад

One pitch beast. That cutter had to be impossible to deal with.

@lechampiones 11 лет назад

this is so great!

@kingsojo 6 лет назад

The best! Got to see him pitch in 08

@Whyinem 5 лет назад

One of the best to ever do it!

@crazyoldbastard 13 лет назад

poetry in motion

@_whizzle_253 7 лет назад

I finally know why my fastball is moving like a cutter. Itwas actually a cutter

@zionhutchcraft 7 лет назад

_Whizzle_ no that's how you throw a 4 seam fastball but it's the amount of pressure you put on your middle finger to make it move.

@raykeller8097 6 лет назад

It's all in the way you release it and the pressure you put look up the Magnus effect

@zoobomb6557 5 лет назад

@@raykeller8097 no. Magnus effect is about rise, it doesn't deal with lateral movement

@raykeller8097 5 лет назад

Rory Leonard thanks

@Drew-dj3yj 4 года назад

_Whizzle_ thought the same thing, but it’s about where my arm slot it and where I put pressure on it.

@albagubra1923 13 лет назад

he is a once in a lifetime pitcher...the greatest!!

@bigsquatch125 4 года назад

That was awesome

@bouncingsoul777 4 года назад

Awesome video

@DoItLive03 11 лет назад

great video. the only thing is when they show the spin at 1:03. They cutter and fastball are switched. They show the cutter spinning like a fastball and a fastball spinning like a cutter.

@peteyprimo7173 10 месяцев назад

That is insane accuracy

@andyweiss5531 8 лет назад

Awesome!

@gregorygoss417 10 лет назад

Thanks for pointing that out. It was confusing.

@caseystengel3120 2 года назад

Greatest pitching video of all time. Mariano’s signature cutter does NOT have gyro spin.

@Jeff_Pryce 2 года назад

The four most unstoppable moves in all of sports were: Kareem’s Skyhook, the fadeaway jump shot from Kobe and Michael Jordan, and Mariano Rivera’s cut fastball. You know what’s coming, you can see it coming, yet there’s nothing you can do to stop it. Unbelievable. 🙇‍♀️ 🙇‍♂️ 🙇

@nymike06 4 года назад

Wow!

@awakenpoemquotes 6 лет назад

Great vid

@user-qf4ls2mq8p 4 года назад

great video

@NunYa953 6 лет назад

Finally a graphic in baseball that's useful

@1964robw 4 года назад

Amazing Graphics.

@4EdGibbon 13 лет назад

He is…hands down the best reliever of all time. An astonishing postseason ERA of 0.77…representing the equivalent of 15.5 games pitched, allowing a total of two (2!!!) round-trippers; or one every 7+ games.

@TheCymbalProject 3 года назад

This is a really interesting breakdown.

@footballer10k86 5 лет назад

wow good stuff

@bluejjay 4 года назад

It wasn't just the ball he was cutting, it was also the entire ninth inning.

@jamecpa10 13 лет назад

this is a god gift , thanks mariano from panama god bless panama and usa ciao

@mixumup1 4 года назад

I wish i could see more videos like this

@Bearnoats 13 лет назад

i like throwing the corners. its just the best way to make a batter swing

@Dr.VonBraun 6 лет назад

Nice video 👍🏼

@Joseph-lz5er 4 года назад

Rivera would still make the Astros hitters look silly even though they know what pitch is coming lol!.

@soaringvulture 3 года назад

Everybody knew what pitch was coming. They just couldn't hit it.

@matthewimi 5 лет назад

Closer extraordinaire! I had the unique privilege of actually watching him play

@jcck1976 13 лет назад

From Puerto Caimito en La Chorrera Panama. a true legend ! I wonder if with the help of videos like this other pitchers can try to duplicate his dominance...

@idn 14 лет назад

Wow... not a huge baseball fan but this was very cool. Well done New York Times!

@alconamx 4 года назад

Great graphics

@Chris_Adams88 5 лет назад

I am Not saying Mariano is the greatest Baseball Player ever But i will say That he is Deserving of his unanimous H.O.F Induction

@hr1meg 5 лет назад

Who ever made the claim that Mariano is the greatest baseball player ever? He is the greatest reliever ever.

@DanSk451 5 лет назад

That was very cool graphics with the stats. Ha! Couple high and tight.

@ContrastWithSepiaPrince 5 лет назад

Regardless of starters and relievers, Rivera is one of the greatest overall pitchers, period.

@Jiltedin2007 10 лет назад

Mariano Rivera was the best in his trade! Coming from a Red Sox Fan. Starting Next Season while the number 42 is retired AT EVERY BALLPARK in respect of Jackie Robinson breaking the Color Barrier in Baseball, Yankee Stadium should put the name RIVERA over the number 42 retired so that everyone can see that number being put there for "The Sandman".

@BoranTheki 6 лет назад

Jiltedin2007 Or just have two 42s, one for Robinson and one for Rivera. I don't see how they could not acknowledge Rivera in that way.

@BoranTheki 6 лет назад

Jiltedin2007 The only thing about retiring 42 for every team is no one may voluntarily wear 42 out of respect for Robinson, but now everyone is forced to wear it on April 15th. I kinda don't like it.

@jatexsiron 10 лет назад

Sweet video

@dzanier 10 лет назад

It was a good pitch. I'm a Yankee fan. I'm gonna miss him.

@Pinkster1974 10 лет назад

96 post season appearances with a 0.70 ERA. It must be embarrassing not knowing what you're talking about.

@karamazovkid71 6 лет назад

excellent commentary by flaherty

@Nagnullat 11 лет назад

just a beast.

@mousepad1123 10 лет назад

right off the bat, first sentence, i'm already a little upset with this report: One of the most dominant closers in history? let the numbers speak for themselves. even the most hardened boston fan would have no problem saying he is THE MOST DOMINANT closer in history. period. finite. okay, now i'll listen to the rest of that this guy has to say. just needed to put that out there.