I love Mariano. I love his character ... Well-deserved,” said Rivera. Unlike Joe Torre (r.), Pedro Martinez isn’t worrying about his upcoming Hall of Fame speech. Former Yankee manager ...

Mariano Rivera, 198 2. Pedro Martinez, 154 3. Lefty Grove, 148 4. Walter Johnson, 147 5. Five pitchers tied at 146 Look at that -- Rivera's ERA+ is more than FORTY POINTS higher than anyone else ...

My friend Frank posed an interesting question to me today: "Is Pedro Martinez the best pitcher of all time? Is Mariano Rivera? Given the steroid era, you could make a case for both." He's right ...

From 1910-1924, he finished with the highest total 12 times. Mariano Rivera, Pedro Martinez and Lefty Grove all finished their careers with better adjusted earned run averages (subscription ...

Pedro Martinez will be in Cooperstown this month ... someone who almost certainly will get the call in a few years, Mariano Rivera. Asked if he could have been as good a closer as Rivera based ...

The Yanks had Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Roger Clemens. The Sox had Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz. The Yanks ultimately won the series in Game 7, on an 11th-inning walk-off ...

Rivera, along with Pedro Martinez and Greg Maddux, was an emblem of on-field honesty, making a trio small men who mastered the needle-wielding behemoths of their time. Mariano Rivera and I were ...

Mariano Rivera is mobbed by Yankees teammates after ... eighth-inning rally off Pedro Martinez tied Game 7 at 5-5, and manager Joe Torre gave the ball to Rivera for the top of the ninth.

Closer Mariano Rivera, designated hitter Edgar Martinez ... finishing second in 1999 behind the Boston Red Sox's Pedro Martinez. Edgar Martinez receives the news that he has been elected to ...

Johnson and Pedro Martinez aren't the only Hall of Famers to call Edgar Martinez the best hitter they've seen/toughest hitter they've faced either. Here's what future Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera ...

Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay ... which is only a tick behind Hall of Famer Pedro Martínez’s 86.2. Congratulations to Rivera, Halladay, Martínez, and Mussina. They will join Harold Baines and Lee Smith ...