Mariano Rivera in the postseason in the 1990s:
31 G, 4-0, 47.1 IP, 2 R (0.38 ERA...), 30 H, 9 BB (0.828 WHIP), 30 K, 13 S, 1 BS, 4 Holds
These are SILLY NUMBERS. They look like they are MADE UP. His numbers in the new millennium are pretty much equally silly, especially when you consider that his "worst" postseason in terms of hits, runs, and whatnot was probably 2000 (yes, it was worse than 2004 looking at stats), when the Yankees actually won the World Series. His 2003 and 2009 were extremely strong (even if he walked more guys than he usually does in the 2009 postseason, I think his control was a little off - I am talking Mariano standards here, people! - because the guy was hurt) and yes, 2001 was a pretty strong postseason for him though he had his one bad outing at a truly terrible time and you could make an argument that throwing the bunt away hurt him a lot more than his actual pitching did. A lot of the time, the Yankees weren't getting as deep into the postseason as they had in the 1990s, so I suspect he would have been great in 2002, 2005, 2008 etc. if the Yankees had gotten deeper into the postseason/gotten into the postseason at all. The guy is filthy and we are spoiled.
