Last night Mariano Rivera of the Yankees chalked up his 22nd save with a typical ho-hum 1-2-3 9th in the victory over the Twins. I always thought Nolan Ryan was a freak for his ability to hit 100 on the radar gun despite being in his 40's. Mo turns 40 in just over 4 months yet he's turning the lights out as if he's a decade younger. The career saves leader, Trevor Hoffman is having a huge year closing the door in Milwaukee. Though after going through the 1st two and a half months of the season allowing zero earned runs, has been hit hard in 3 of his last 7 appearances. Hoffman is the career saves leader, Rivera is 2nd. Hoffman is 41. Next on the list is Lee Smith who had his final strong season at age 37 as did John Franco. Dennis Eckersley recorded 36 saves for the Cardinals at the age of 42. He's an interesting case as Eck was also a highly effective starter who actually turned in just 5 dominating seasons as a closer. The debate over the greatest ever is as tough as there is for baseball fans. Mo is certainly in the conversation.
Former Cowboy Greg Ellis says teammate DeMarcus Ware would "hide" on the sidelines during games to allow Ellis more playing time. Excuse me? This revelation was made on Michael Irvin's radio show in Dallas. This would only further emphasize my belief that under Wade Phillips and nutbar owner Jerry Jones, so-called America's team is equally dysfunctional as The Jacksons.
Apparently there was an incident at the LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio. A high schooler dunked on LeBron causing officials to confiscate all recordings of the slam to prevent the host from embarrassment. This takes anal idiocy to a new level. Nike sponsors the camp and says the video was grabbed because the 2 media members violated a 'no taping' policy. Yeah right. What a crock. Who cares? A billion guys can jam and in the natural flow of a basketball game, guys get dunked on. Petty, petty, petty garbage. I guess this explains the no-class failure to shake hands with the Orlando Magic players after they ran James and Cleveland out of the playoffs. King James my butt!
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11 times in major league history a closer has turned in a 50 save season. Of the 9 players who turned the trick, who was the youngest when he recorded #50 in that particular season?
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