Keefer Madness: Mariano Rivera Farewell Tour

Mariano Rivera has been soaking it all in around every MLB park.  He's received a ton of thoughtful gifts and over the weekend Metallica was at Yankee Stadium to play a live rendition of "Enter Sandman."  We covered the whole thing in Keefer Madness while getting a big assist from WFAN's morning show, "Boomer & Carton."

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Twins Give Mariano Rivera A Chair Made From Broken Bats

What do you get a guy who has everything?  And that same guy made a career out of throwing cutters and breaking bats?  This.

A Cutter AND a Spitball?

I first saw this on Boston.com, but pretty interesting stuff. Check it out below, Mariano Rivera vs. the Angels Game 3 of the ALCS.

You got to love the camera catching it then quickly panning to something else, with Chip Carey not mentioning a thing about it. It's not baseball unless you cheat. Bonds, Clemens, A-Rod, Manny, and now Rivera! The best OF, IF, starting pitcher, and now closer of the past 20 years. Hooray Baseball!


-Keefe

Who will win A.L. Cy Young Award?

Josh Beckett takes the mound tonight for the struggling Red Sox looking to become the major's first 15 game winner. Boston is in a playoff race for the Wild Card, but Beckett might be in an even tighter race for the most prestigious pitching award in the league.

Here our my finalists with a about a month and half left in the season for the American League Cy Young Award, in no particular order.

Josh Beckett (14-4, 3.10, 145 K)
AL Ranks: (IP - 10th, Wins - 1st, ERA - 6th, K - 5th)

Roy Halladay (13-5, 2.65, 144 K)
AL Ranks: (IP - 1st, Wins - t2nd, ERA - 2nd, K - 6th)

Zach Greinke (11-7, 2.33, 174 K)
AL Ranks: (IP - 6th, Wins - t8th, ERA - 1st, K - 3rd)

Felix Hernandez (12-4, 2.72, 158 K)
AL Ranks: (IP - 7th, Wins - 5th, ERA - 3rd, K - 4th)

Justin Verlander (13-6, 3.28, 194 K)
AL Ranks: (IP - 3rd, Wins - 2nd, ERA - 8th, K - 1st)

It is rarely a closer but if it is it could be one of these two shutdown artists.

Mariano Rivera (35 saves, 1 blown, 1.94 ERA)
K/BB - 57/11

Joe Nathan (29 saves, 3 blown, 1.61 ERA)
K/BB - 58/8

So who do you got? Looking at the numbers I have to lean towards Halladay. He also has the fewest amount of walks with the most innings pitched out of these five starters. I've made it easy to answer the question, just vote on the poll found at the upper right of the page. If I missed anyone deserving of consideration let me know in the comments section.

-Keefe