NEW YORK – As amazing as Mariano Rivera was on a big-league mound, anyone who spent time in the Yankees’ bullpen was as equally awed by his presence. And his power of prediction.

Mariano Rivera whistled as he walked alone, head down, along the green carpet that led toward the clubhouse inside George M. Steinbrenner Field. He had just completed his second bullpen session of ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees closer Mariano Rivera threw 30 pitches Wednesday in his first bullpen session at spring training this year. "I survived," a smiling Rivera said. The 41-year-old closer ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees closer Mariano Rivera threw his first bullpen session of the spring today. Rivera threw 22 pitches, some of them with bullpen coach Mike Harkey standing in the batter’s box.

Mariano Rivera threw out last night’s ceremonial ... But the closer was equally impressed with the bullpen, including Soriano. “He did good the whole year,” Rivera said.

Your browser does not support iframes. If you weren’t moved by Mariano Rivera’s entrance from the bullpen during the eighth inning of the MLB All-Star Game on ...

Good luck, Mariano. But not against us! Rivera returned the favor with some writing of his own, signing the wall of the Fenway Park bullpen. If it's anyone else, that's graffiti. But Rivera's tag ...

He is nearing the end of his first year in professional baseball, in the New York-Penn League, pitching out of the bullpen now ... he has to be himself, and Mariano Rivera III knows that, no ...

Luis Gil has been far more successful as a starter in his rookie season than Mariano Rivera was in 1995 before he moved to the bullpen. Anthony Rieber covers baseball, as well as the NFL ...