Mariano Rivera explained the grip of his famous cutter with Roy Halladay ... I needed his perspective for a book I was writing on pitching — “K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches ...

No doubt "fad" pitches—in Roger Clemens' day, it was the split-finger fastball; Mariano Rivera made the cutter ... move into a starting role and made pitching to lefties much more fun.

Mariano Rivera was never secretive about the grip on his signature pitch ... claws could strip any last intimation of divinity out of pitching. A pitcher’s fingers slide into its four rubber ...

When [Mariano Rivera] arrived ... he sat down with the Yankees pitching coach and watched film of his recent outings. After showing Rivera that his grip unintentionally had slid toward the side ...

Recently, former New York Yankees closer, Mariano Rivera, revealed his strategy if he was tasked with pitching to the current best hitter in the league, Aaron Judge. Rivera didn't beat around the ...