Word: rivera
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...Diamondbacks staged a delirious baseball carnival that ended with 3-2 Diamondbacks victory in Game 7. The D-Backs - after losing two games deep into the night in New York - won because they staged a late game rally of their own. They finally picked the Yankee lock, closer Mariano Rivera, with 2 runs in the 9th inning, the first time in 24 games that Rivera has blown a lead in the playoffs. A game-tying double by Tony Womack and bloop single to Luis Gonzalez delivered the championship to Phoenix...
...more secure. No so the D-Backs, who threw journeyman pitcher Brian Anderson, who seemed like the red meat the Yankees had been craving. But they could only eke out a 2-1 win, riding the arms of their ace Roger Clemens and their late-inning lock, closer Mariano Rivera...
...Maybe the Yankee ghosts finally got through security. Rivera mowed the D-Backs down in the top of the 10th. Then Kim, pitching in his third inning, got two easy outs to start the bottom half. Up stepped shortstop Derek Jeter. The Kalamazoo Clipper, who was hitting all of .067 for the series, fell behind 0-2. He got the count up to 3-2, fouled a couple of pitches off and then took a Kim delivery to the short porch in right field. He rounded the bases at 12:04 a.m. with the second and decisive homer. Double shots...
...Jordan vs. Pippen: It'll seem as strange as Derek Jeter batting against Mariano Rivera. 2. Rasheed Wallace vs. Self: This guy is capable of getting teed up while driving to the arena 3. Grant Hill vs. Injury: The training room might prove to be the Magic's toughest test in the East...
...Yankees are a team of clutch performers, no doubt about it—Roger just isn’t one of them. Bernie Williams is a clutch player. So is Derek Jeter. And Andy Pettitte. And Mariano Rivera. And, I suppose, Scott Brosius. Hell, I will even buy Luis Sojo...