Facing Mariano Rivera - Fischer, David
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"The all-time career leader in saves, with 633, Mariano Rivera is one of the greatest professional athletes in history. Far from a conventional biography, Facing Mariano Rivera offers perspectives and testimonials from opponents and teammates alike, including Rivera's minor-league roommate and the final batter he faced in the major leagues. This book tells the reader what it's like to battle one of the all-time best, in the words of the players who did just that"--

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"The all-time career leader in saves, with 633, Mariano Rivera is one of the greatest professional athletes in history. Far from a conventional biography, Facing Mariano Rivera offers perspectives and testimonials from opponents and teammates alike, including Rivera's minor-league roommate and the final batter he faced in the major leagues. This book tells the reader what it's like to battle one of the all-time best, in the words of the players who did just that"--
Autorenporträt
David Fischer has written for the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, National Sports Daily, Sports Illustrated for Kids, and more. He is also the author of Yankee Stadium Scrapbook: A Lifetime of Memories, and co-author of Sports of the Times and Greatest Sports Rivalries. Dave Anderson joined the New York Times in 1966 after working at The New York Journal-American and The Brooklyn Eagle. He became a Sports of The Times columnist in 1971 and won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary in 1981. Among many other honors, he was inducted into the National Sports Writers and Sportscasters Hall of Fame in 1990 and in 1991 received the Red Smith Award for contributions to sports journalism from the Associated Press Sports Editors.