All-time saves leader Mariano Rivera headlines the 20 newcomers to the 2019 Hall of Fame ballot released Monday. The Yankees great is expected to get near unanimous support from the 400-plus ...

With Hall of Fame season upon us, baseball people — including one Boston-area writer — are tripping over themselves to pretend like Mariano Rivera doesn't belong in Cooperstown.

New York Yankees great Mariano Rivera was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, leading a 2019 Cooperstown class that includes Mike Mussina, Roy Halladay and Edgar Martinez.

Before Mariano Rivera, Ken Griffey Jr. held the highest percentage, 99.32 percent. ... Fred Zinkie examines this week's widely available two-start pitchers, but warns it won't be easy to find help.

At least Rivera, isn’t likely to have had to wait as long as Lee Smith, who held the all-time saves record from 1993 to 2006 and yet could never to gain election despite lasting the full 15 ...

Pretty good pitcher, that Mariano Rivera. But here's Off Base's look at why he might not be as great as he's being made out to be on the eve of his retirement.

The latest Yankee great on the Hall of Fame ballot is going to experience as much drama as, well, most of his 652 career saves. Mariano Rivera will receive the votes he needs to get into ...