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Facing Mariano Rivera

Players Recall the Greatest Relief Pitcher Who Ever Lived

Facing Mariano Rivera( )
Author: Fischer, David
Foreword by: Anderson, Dave
ISBN:978-1-61321-639-2
Publication Date:Mar 2014
Publisher:Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $44.99
Book Description:

The all-time career leader is saves, with 633, Mariano Rivera is one of the greatest professional athletes in history. Since taking over the closer's role for the New York Yankees in 1997, Rivera saved thirty or more games in every season but one. 

Book Details
Pages:288
Detailed Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General
Sports & Recreation / Baseball / Essays & Writings
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 x 2.794 cm
Book Weight:0.425 Kilograms
Author Biography
Fischer, David (Author)
David Poole Anderson was born in Troy, New York on May 6, 1929. At the age of 16, he was hired as a messenger by The New York Sun. He received a degree in English literature from Holy Cross College in 1951. After college, he covered the Dodgers for The Brooklyn Eagle in 1953 and 1954 and then went to The Journal-American. He became a general-assignment sportswriter for The New York Times in 1966. He began writing the Sports of The Times column five years later. He received a Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1981 and the Associated Press Sports Editors' Red Smith Award in 1994 for major contributions to sports journalism. He retired from full-time column writing in 2007 but continued to contribute columns to The Times after that on a part-time basis.

He wrote several books including In the Corner: Great Boxing Trainers Talk About Their Art, Muhammad Ali, and Pennant Races: Baseball at Its Best. He died on October 4, 2018 at the age of 89.

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