On Baseball Imagining the Ninth Inning Without Mariano Rivera Yankees’ Injures Knee in Practice Rays 7 Yankees 6 Lose to Bottom of Bats Injured Shagging Flies Batting Orioles 4 Swisher’s Home Run Caps a Sweep Yankees' tears ACL career jeopardy throwing future question Tom Verducci End Rivera's may be at hand after suffering torn Tears ACL; Injury Could Career 'This is bad' Ligament Before Loss To Royals Yanks' manager says has knee ligament Torn could potentially end Closer Field Game carted off twisting BP injuring Rays’ Carlos Pena Comes Up With Two Hits Celebrate Against RiveraCareer Statistics

Mariano Rivera's injury puts career in jeopardy It had to end eventually for the greatest closer of all-time, but nobody pictured the scene from Kansas City on Thursday. Mariano Rivera Tears ACL; Injury Could End Career All-time saves leader injured shagging fly balls in batting practice before game vs. Royals Mariano Rivera tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee Thursday night and is out for the season. It is a possible career-ending injury for the Yankees' 42-year-old closer. Mariano Rivera's career may be over The Yankees' closer is carted off the field during batting practice. Mariano Rivera twists knee shagging balls during batting practice The New York Yankees are holding their collective breath Thursday after all-time saves leader Mariano Rivera twisted his right knee during batting practice and was carted off the field at Kauffman Stadium. He's getting an MRI in Kansas City, where the Yankees are playing the Royals in the opener of a four-game series. Rivera, who's 42 years old and hasn't been on the disabled list since 2003 ... Mariano Rivera tears ACL: Is this how his career ends? Over the last 15 seasons, Mariano Rivera has been the most consistently dominant pitching force in baseball. Eventually, that run had to end, but after a brilliant 17-plus seasons with the New York Yankees , the best closer in the game deserved to go out on his own terms. Instead, the final image of Rivera on the field could be the 42-year-old veteran writhing in pain on the warning track before ... Rivera tears ACL before Royals beat Yankees Mariano Rivera's career may have ended Thursday night, not while basking in the glow of adoring fans at Yankee Stadium, but in agonizing pain on the outfield grass before a few thousand fans in Kansas City. Mariano Rivera injury could end career Mariano Rivera drifted back to the outfield wall, just like he'd done in batting practice so many times before, baseball's greatest closer tracking down another fly ball with childlike joy. Mariano Rivera tears ACL, remains unsure about future with Yankees Closer will not return home to New York, opts to remain with Yankees through the weekend series in Kansas City Mariano Rivera Injury: Who will be the Yankees New Closer? Who will be Mariano Rivera's replacement? Rivera tears ACL, throwing future in question KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Mariano Rivera drifted back to the outfield wall, just like he'd done in batting practice so many times before, baseball's greatest closer tracking down another fly ball with childlike joy.
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