Everywhere you stroll in Cooperstown, everywhere you look, every word you hear, is all about Mariano Rivera.
If you didn’t know any better, you might think Rivera is the lone player to be inducted Sunday into the Hall of Fame, instead of being flanked by Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, Lee Smith, Harold Baines and the late Roy Halladay.
“Mr. Jackie, that was the guy I always wanted to meet,’’ said Rivera, the last major-league player to wear No. 42, Robinson’s uniform number. “That man, as a minority, he gave us everything he had for us to come in. And he did it with class.Rivera speaks to the media on Saturday in Cooperstown.Rivera, who recorded a major-league record 652 saves, is the only player to be elected with 100 percent of the ballot. There will be others, maybe even former teammate Derek Jeter a year from now.
Still, even with Rivera entering games in the ninth inning 981 times, compared to 219 times in the eighth inning and just 46 times in the seventh, there was no one like him. “You know something, I can’t even put myself in the same category,’’ said Eckersley. “I’m not trying to be 'Johnny Humble' at all, but this guy is elite, really, more than anybody.
Well, there was the Sandy Alomar homer in the 1997 American League Division Series against the Cleveland Indians. The blown saves in Games 3 and 4 of the 2004 AL Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox, which triggered the historic comeback. And the blown save against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series.“That’s part of the game,’’ Rivera said. “I understood those moments were going to happen. It happened in the World Series. Happened in the playoffs.
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