When he earned his first major-league victory in Oakland on May 28, 1995, Mariano Rivera ... the legend is well established, that Rivera's lethal cutter suddenly appeared one day in 1997.

Batters know it is coming, but they still can't hit Mariano Rivera's cutter. Rivera will very soon be the all-time save leader, overtaking Trevor Hoffman's 601 career-best mark likely this season.

Technically, Rivera wouldn't develop his cutter for two more years ... On and around July 4, 1995, Mariano Rivera was apparently capable of throwing a great pitch, but not obviously capable ...

NEW YORK - Mariano Rivera set the major league ... Parmelee looked at strike three — it appeared to be Rivera's signature cutter — as Yankee Stadium roared in approval. The 41-year-old Rivera ...

but nearly 1,400 as the Mariners’ D.H. The closer Mariano Rivera has confounded hitters with mostly one pitch: his signature cutter. Martinez won A.L. batting titles in 1992 and 1995 ...

("Who finished the final game in which Mariano Rivera pitched?") To be honest, it wasn’t one of his better ones. The last Rivera cutter didn’t move that much, wasn’t thrown that hard (89 mph), and got ...

What do you get when you take the postseason version of Mariano Rivera, flip him around, replace his deadly cutter with a deadly slider and ask him to take on a slightly different role?