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Are you suggesting that Rivera doesn't want to pitch in a tie game, and eagerly wants to pitch in a 3 run game because of money?

You think in the playoffs that both Torre and Rivera are well aware that they are hurting their team using them the way they are but have accepted that there's nothing they can do about it because it will cost Mariano Rivera money?

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oooh, two strawmen - you put a lot of effort into this one.

no, and no. however given the common usage of closers in the past 20 years, and given the save statistic - that's the way things are handled. torre obviously places an inordinate value on the 'save' - thinking it something real instead of something invented - however closers are going to want to get the ball in the save situation because that's how they're programmed as well and that's how they see their peers getting paid.

as i said, it's not worth getting upset about, because it's not changing - and that's the real key here.