The Best Closer: Mariano Rivera

In the baseball game, the pitchers play the very important part in the team. We can distinguish pitchers into three different kinds, starting pitcher, relief pitcher, and closer pitcher. In the previous article, I have introduced starting pitcher and relief pitcher. One is starting pitcher, Chien-Ming Wang, and the other is Kuo. Now I’m going to introduce the greatest closer pitcher in MLB.

Mariano Rivera is a Panamanian right- handed pitcher, who has already played 17 years in MLB. He always uses his cutter ball to strike out batters. Rivera is well known for his accurate pitching and his calmness. He always makes his emotion steady in the game and keeps the victory in the end. Some peoples regard Rivera as an existing legend because he has a lot of remarkable records in MLB. 12 times all star games, 5 world champions, 603 saves ( the leader of MLB history).

I appreciate Rivera because he always keeps in steady condition every year. Now, he is old, but he still performs well. This is very difficult to the athletes. When he is on the field, he always let everyone feel relieved. Rivera is still in the field and continues to pitch. I believe that Rivera will make a greatest legend in the baseball history. 

MLB All-Star Series in Taiwan

Last week, all of Taiwan can feel the heat of baseball. There were the All-Star series in Taiwan last week. This time MLB all-star team had five games with Taiwan national team in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung.

 Curtis Granderson who is Yankees center fielder and other 26 players. Even though the midterm is coming, I still watched these five games in TV. Although Taiwan national team didn’t win any game, I still feel excited. Because this is the rare experience for the entire baseball fans in Taiwan. We can see the MLB player performs their power and hitting skill.

        In MLB all star team, we can see Robinson Cano, the second baseman of Yankee,

        After this all-star series, I found that we still have some good player. They are very young and potential. I can see Taiwan baseball’s future from their performance. I think those young player can have a big progress by this rare and precious experience. Next time, I hope that I can see the top and super player in MLB all-star team.

Ps. there is good news from The Washington Post, “The Nationals took a significant step toward setting their 2012 starting rotation Thursday afternoon, finalizing a one-year contract with right-hander Chien-Ming Wang, a team official said. The deal, pending a physical, is worth $4 million plus performance bonuses” by Adam Kilgore