Mariano rarely faltered, always a sure thing, we all new that when he came in, the game was over....greatest closer I ever saw. I'm also nostalgic of those moments, when the game was on the line, waiting on Mariano to save the game....what a feeling!!
@@Surfer041 he was human after all. 01 was just a good hitting and lucky team with the Diamondbacks. 04, that's just the crazy thing about baseball, sometimes the momentum shifts the other way.
geez...I watched everyone of those games. I mean what a time to be a Yankee fan back then. For three straight years that team just never lost and the 96 team won too with Rivera setting up Wetteland. Think about all these clutch saves in high pressure situations. Many 4 and 5 out saves too. Sure he blew a couple of big ones but in the end he held accountability for them and it simply showed he was well....human
coming to this video after last night's travesty. Games like last night really puts into perspective how incredibly reliable Mariano was. He was an absolute killer
That was a huge advantage those teams had over whoever they played in the postseason. Like you said, he had a few blips but the Yanks definitely don't win all 4 championships that they won from 96-00 without Mo. He was just that guy!
We've been spoiled as Yankees fans with Mo for so long that unfortunately and eventually the day would come when he retire on 9/26/13. The closer role has such great turnover in baseball and he made it into a career even though he started off as a starting pitcher, then setup man coming out of the bullpen to closer permanently when John Wetteland left in 1997 to Texas and not resigned. 652 career saves is truly amazing and 42 in the postseason is truly astonishing!
@@Th33Vultur3 And unfortunately since then we've had complete duds. Sweaty domestic abuser loser Chapman and Clay Wild Holmes who lost his closer spot.
0:09 0:19 0:48 3:49 So weird to see the rare extra emotion from Mo. But he was younger lol. It's like once the '00s he hit he's just "I'm over this" lol
Also notice the 360 he does at 4:33 Id guess that was extra emotion from everything going on at the time.. more energy than usual at the stadium because everyone was rallying around the Yanks as something to cheer about post-9/11, coming back from 0-2 when everyone had them written off, etc.
