[外電] Mariano Rivera Is a Hall of Famer

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It’s Unanimous: Mariano Rivera Is a Hall of Famer

Source:https://tinyurl.com/y74uzfl2

By Tyler Kepner
Jan. 22, 2019

Mariano Rivera, the career saves leader whose elegant efficiency helped the
Yankees win five World Series, on Tuesday became the first player ever
elected unanimously to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Two other right-handed pitchers, Roy Halladay and Mike Mussina, also were
elected, Halladay on his first try and Mussina on his sixth. Edgar Martinez,
the longtime Seattle Mariners designated hitter, gained entry in his 10th and
final year on the ballot. Halladay, a former ace of the Toronto Blue Jays and
the Philadelphia Phillies, died in a plane crash in 2017.

Rivera was named on all 425 of the ballots cast by members of the Baseball
Writers’ Association of America, eclipsing the previous record percentage,
99.3, by Ken Griffey Jr. in 2016. Halladay and Martinez both received 85.4
percent of the votes, and Mussina — a stalwart for the Baltimore Orioles and
the Yankees — 76.7 percent. Candidates need 75 percent for election.

“After my career, I was thinking that I had a shot to be a Hall of Famer,”
Rivera said on a conference call with reporters. “But this was just beyond
my imagination. I was amazed the way all this has been, through my whole
career — and this being the pinnacle of every player that plays the game of
baseball, to be unanimous.”

The players will be inducted to the Hall of Fame on July 21 in Cooperstown,
N.Y., along with designated hitter Harold Baines and reliever Lee Smith, who
were passed over by the writers but were elected by a smaller committee last
month.

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, whose dominant careers stretched from the
mid-1980s through 2007, were again denied entry in what was the seventh
appearance on the ballot for both players. Both have strong ties to
performance-enhancing drugs, which baseball did not test for until 2003.
Bonds got 59.1 percent of the vote, and Clemens 59.5 percent — their highest
totals yet, but still shy of 75 percent.

Rivera, 49, signed with the Yankees from Panama in 1990 for a $3,500 bonus.
He reached the majors five years later and started 10 games; the last batter
he faced as a starter was Martinez, who singled home a run in the fifth
inning against him on Sept. 5, 1995, knocking Rivera from the game and
sending him to the bullpen forever.

It was a perfect fit. Rivera thrived as a setup man in the Yankees’ 1996
championship run and took over as the team’s closer in 1997, the year he
discovered his devastating cut fastball, which broke hundreds of bats with
its hard, late movement into the hands of left-handers. Rivera remained the
closer through his retirement in 2013, compiling 652 saves with a 2.21 earned
run average, the lowest in baseball history for anyone born after 1889 (and
with a minimum of 1,000 major-league innings).

Rivera was even better across his record 96 postseason games, with a 0.70
E.R.A. and 42 saves — matching his uniform number. He was the last player to
regularly wear No. 42, which is retired across Major League Baseball for
Jackie Robinson.

Rivera was so prolific that M.L.B. named an award after him to recognize the
American League reliever of the year. Likewise, Martinez is the namesake for
the award recognizing the best designated hitter. Martinez, 56, made only 560
career starts in the field (mostly at third base) but nearly 1,400 as the
Mariners’ D.H.

Martinez won A.L. batting titles in 1992 and 1995, when he helped lead the
Mariners to their first playoff berth, securing the team’s future in
Seattle. For his career, he hit .312 with a .418 on-base percentage and a
.515 slugging percentage; only two other right-handed hitters in the game’s
history — Jimmie Foxx and Rogers Hornsby — were better in all three
categories with at least 5,000 plate appearances.

Even so, it took a while for Martinez’s case to build momentum. The writers
had never elected a player with as many games as Martinez as a D.H., a
position created in 1973 to boost offense in the American League. In 2014,
only 25.2 percent of the writers voted for Martinez.

But that support has grown steadily, and Martinez became the fifth player
elected in his final year of eligibility by the writers, joining Red Ruffing
(1967), Ralph Kiner (1975), Jim Rice (2009) and Tim Raines (2017). Martinez
made it just in time — but, he said, the time was right.

“The fact that I’m going in with Mariano, that means a lot, especially
because not only was he the top reliever in the game, but also he’s a great
human being, a great person,” said Martinez, who went 11 for 19 in his
career against Rivera. “It’s also the fact that he got 100 percent of the
votes — that makes it also extra special.”

Mussina, 50, earned 270 victories and finished with a flourish, securing his
first 20-win season on the final day of his career in 2008. His
strikeout-to-walk rate — 3.58-to-1 — is the best in history among pitchers
with at least 500 starts, and he did it all in the A.L. East, taming its
brawny hitters in small ballparks with a wide array of pitches and a knack
for improvisation.

“I just kept trying to make adjustments,” said Mussina, whose curveball was
perhaps the best of his generation. “You keep trying to do things as you get
older and certain skills start going away. You have to find other ways to do
your job and be good at it. That’s really all I was ever trying to do — to
be one of the five starters every year.”


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→ pyrogen     : ，而且還差300多個救援點，差不多要以closer角色再
→ pyrogen     : 投個8-10年，待坦隊也不見得有足夠的救援機會。
推 sammy5062   : 總版那推文太瞎了
推 Rivera42    : 推一下紀念，恭喜Mo
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推 pyrogen     : Mo要回洋基救援.....當投手指導
推 grizz233    : 看來洋基的牛棚要變更強了
→ grizz233    : Yankees No1!!!
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推 jackwula9211: 不求五個mo，只要養出一隻九成Mo就太好了
推 pyrogen     : 菜鳥：請問前輩怎麼配球？  mo: 配球？我只投卡特就
→ pyrogen     : 結束了耶
推 ganhua      : 有人還留言說回去教卡特球就好XDD
推 mikachen    : Mo在記者會上說 以前遇到Doc教他卡特 結果Doc學成
→ mikachen    : 後把洋基打線剋得死死的 Mo被隊友抱怨XD
→ jojo2147    : 記者會超好笑的，Moose狂酸
推 jackwula9211: Doc對洋基的防禦率好像是2.xx而已
推 es9114ian   : Heyman說洋基不太可能追洋基 頂多再抓一個先發
→ appshjkli   : 什麼叫洋基不太可能追洋基.....
→ appshjkli   : Machado吧
推 es9114ian   : 現在說教士也來湊Machado一腳了
推 burnett34   : 教士是兩個都要湊一腳
推 es9114ian   : 雖然我也還沒放棄Machado
→ appshjkli   : 現在傳的都沒幾個是季後賽競爭對手，跟本沒差
→ appshjkli   : 去國聯的話更好 遇不到
推 grizz233    : 教士也是有可能的，他們去年花大
→ grizz233    : 錢簽Hosmer 今年再補強也可是有
→ grizz233    : 可能的，不過還很難說他們還沒
→ grizz233    : 正式報價，所以還要再觀望
推 iambiaggi   : ops+ 99 的一壘手拿21m，我開始相信教士會拼了。
推 taxlaw1991  : 我覺得教士真的會端大肥約出來 去國聯也好
推 es9114ian   : SNY的Martino說洋基"not out on Machado"然後有提出
→ es9114ian   : Offer 只是報價低
推 nomo1616    : 我比較好奇Heyman說，我們頂多再拿一隻先發會拿誰
推 es9114ian   : Heyman的rumor我也是當作笑話看一看就好
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推 alpacaHong  : 價碼再繼續壓下去，原本不想追的看到那麼便宜不出手
→ alpacaHong  : 太可惜了
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→ es9114ian   : on一樣
→ es9114ian   : 這種等級的打者只要能便宜收下絕對會空出位置給他
→ ben470557   : 覺得洋基已經沒位置了 球迷放棄是更好的想法
→ appshjkli   : 球迷放不放棄都不影響啊 順其自然吧
推 wsx1678904  : 其實目前的陣容Machado並不是必需品 比較像奢侈品的
→ wsx1678904  : 的概念 讓Andujar繼續試一年也不算真的大問題
推 wyner       : 那Britton、DJL、Happ也算奢侈品吧
推 asd778a     : Happ哪算奢侈品，輪值大概就是缺一個
→ asd778a     : 5號大概就CC跟新人輪流扛了
推 taxlaw1991  : Britton, Happ只是維持去年競爭力而已
推 ijolin1019  : 恭喜MO Re2pect
推 luaniu      : 跟去年比 沒有增加多少戰力的感覺 沒有強烈補強到
推 accjm2440   : SP多了Paxton還不夠嗎 健康的話也是前段水準SP
推 OoyaoO      : Paxton要整季健康挺難的
推 nomo1616    : 只有我覺得，需要再拿一隻SP比較保險嗎..?
推 pyrogen     : 跟去年開季比，Gray換成Happ，German換成Paxton,算
→ pyrogen     : 是有感升級吧
推 laste       : 小聯盟約簽了David Hale (算買保險了)
→ laste       : 最多就是簽小聯盟的SP...當作備用保險先發
→ laste       : 別忘了名額有限 沒法在塞人進來
→ laste       : 少打字 要更正 是再簽 給小聯盟約的SP
→ appshjkli   : 我覺得RAB說得很正確啊
→ appshjkli   : 有點希望的投手跟本不會想來快樂全壘打球場YS3
→ appshjkli   : 當6號先發
推 helmet10845 : 沙胖、Happ老了一歲，去年田中開季炸裂，去年後期Se
→ helmet10845 : vy也很辛苦，可能如此大家才會比較擔憂
推 arosshyi    : 竟然都要2月了還沒開獎
推 siliver     : 對啊,想說會有聖誕禮物,結果看看農曆年都要到了(倒
推 grizz233    : 話說馬恰多人生可能拖到開季嗎？
推 folker      : 25M/1Y ，簽七年，我基勉強收，謝謝。
推 philluke    : SP沒人在嫌多的吧...
推 laste       : 是沒人在嫌多~~但是要有位置擺阿
推 k33536      : 交易 自用兩相宜
推 es9114ian   : 有消息說洋基根本沒提出offer給Machado...
推 AYLiu       : 好爛 連提都不提 跟烤餅情形一樣 沒心在補強
→ appshjkli   : 你們也真是不厭煩...出價沒出價的消息都輪流幾次了
→ appshjkli   : 每次沒出價的消息出來就罵一次 過幾天又換有出價
→ appshjkli   : 滿頭問號
→ taxlaw1991  : 就一定要簽公仔才算補強就是了 廠廠
→ lyk191947   : 就價格落差很大，提出來是要給別人洗臉喔
推 jack810733  : 也不是沒心補強吧.沒補MM就是沒心這帽子也扣得太大
→ jack810733  : 如果到這時候還準備大筆薪資空等MM 結果最後沒補到
→ jack810733  : 那豈不是兩頭空 = ="
推 siliver     : 現在市面上看的到的報價也沒幾個,真的很冷啊,
→ siliver     : Harper會不會後悔拒絕國民最初提出的300M/10Y??
推 NorthRoad   : 大概已經決定要去費城人了
推 blue830     : 沒提也好，真不想看到中二馬!
推 en0308      : Machado對我而言是 有的話很爽 沒有的話也沒關係
→ en0308      : 反正還是有奪冠實力
推 mightymouse : 補到Machado會很開心，不過沒補到會更開心
推 es9114ian   : 今年春訓non-roster名單出來了 期待Florial和King
→ es9114ian   : 的表現
推 NorthRoad   : 不知不覺春訓快開始了  猜測應該沒有一隊給出300M/1
→ NorthRoad   : 0Y for Machado
推 NYYAllRise  : 是不是有Gio-Gon跟E山 的rumor啊，6號給Loasiga跟Ad
→ NYYAllRise  : ams應該還算頂的住吧
推 es9114ian   : 那個rumor當笑話看就好