作者charlie01 (???)
看板NY-Yankees
標題[新聞] Mariano wins Delivery Man of Year Award
時間Thu Oct 15 13:12:24 2009
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Joe Nathan而獲得DHL年度後援投手獎，五年內第三度獲獎，
這也是今年全隊第一個年度個人獎項，恭喜MO。
前兩年獲獎的Papelbon和Lidge在當年都幫助球隊拿到了世界冠軍，
所以今年當然就好事成三吧:)
Mariano wins Delivery Man of Year Award
It's third time in his career Yanks closer has picked up honor
By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
http://0rz.tw/PHavl
NEW YORK -- In a postseason in which closer after closer has faltered, Mariano
Rivera has stood tall. Battling an illness, Rivera tossed at least one
scoreless inning in each of the Yankees' three American League Division Series
wins against the Twins, while fellow stoppers such as Joe Nathan, Jonathan
Papelbon, Ryan Franklin and Huston Street all struggled.
Rivera is by far the most decorated closer remaining in the postseason.
And now, he has one more decoration to add to his collection.
Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday that Rivera beat out Nathan for
the Delivery Man of the Year Award, presented annually to the league's best
relief pitcher. This is Rivera's third win in the five-year existence of the
award.
"He's been so good for so long at being able to locate his pitches," Yankees
catcher and longtime teammate Jorge Posada said. "The cutter -- everybody knows
it's coming. Everybody gets ready for it. But still, he makes the pitch where
he needs to. The location of his pitches is tremendous."
Rivera also won the monthly Delivery Man Award in July.
At age 39, Rivera submitted one of his best regular seasons of all time, saving
44 games in 46 chances to complement a 1.76 ERA. Opposing batters hit just .197
off Rivera -- the fifth time he has held them under a .200 mark in his 15-year
career. Perhaps most impressively, Rivera struck out 72 batters in 66 1/3
innings, while walking just 12.
"This is a guy who hits his spots," backup catcher Jose Molina said. "He
doesn't miss that much. And the ball is moving. It moves late, too. It's really
hard for anyone to see it. He's been doing it for a long time. He's just tough."
Rivera also won the Delivery Man Award in 2005 and '06. The Red Sox's Papelbon
won it in '07, followed by Brad Lidge of the Phillies in '08. Both players went
on to win the World Series.
Those two players both endured struggles in 2009, however; Papelbon blowing a
lead in Game 3 of the ALDS and Lidge struggling so often that the Phillies
wouldn't even say whether he would be their postseason closer. Though Lidge
performed capably in the NLDS, other closers around baseball, most notably
Franklin, Street and Nathan, endured meltdowns on the mound to cost their teams
games.
Rivera, meanwhile, has been typically stellar. Pitching in all three games in a
sweep of the Twins, he struck out seven batters in the ALDS, walking one and
allowing four hits. And, of course, allowing no runs.
Though the award only takes into account regular-season performance, Rivera's
postseason success has only served to punctuate his legacy. And the Yankees
will certainly look for more of the same from Rivera in the AL Championship
Series, beginning this Friday at 7:57 p.m. ET on FOX against the Angels.
Chances are, they'll get it.
"I'm not sure that you ever expect anyone will last at the level that he's
lasted for this long," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "When I first saw him
in '96, I knew he was going to be good for a long time, but there aren't a lot
of closers who are able to do what he's done longevity-wise. And to think about
him doing [that] with just one pitch is really amazing."
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