fucking Rivera
BUSTER:
? Mariano Rivera has blown three straight save chances for the first time in his career -- but the Yankees have won his past two, including Sunday?s game. The Yankees? record in games that Rivera has botched save chances in his career:
2013: 2-3
2012: 0-1
2011: 2-3
2010: 2-3
2009: 0-2
2008: 1-0
2007: 1-3
2006: 0-3
2005: 2-2
2004: 2-2
2003: 3-3
2002: 1-3
2001: 3-4
2000: 2-3
1999: 2-2
1998: 4-1
1997: 4-5
1996: 1-2
1995: 1-0
Total: 33-45
To put that number into perspective (a .423 winning percentage), there are three teams -- the Astros, Marlins and White Sox -- currently with a lower winning percentage than the Yankees have had in games which Rivera has blown leads.