King of Chill
New York magazine features an excerpt from Buster Olney’s forthcoming book about the Joe Torre Yankees (“The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty: The Game, The Team, and the Cost of Greatness”) this week. The excerpt in question profiles Mariano Rivera. What makes Rivera so special? Olney writes:
Where other relievers are crushed after giving up a game-winning home run (the emotionally wrecked reliever is a baseball clich
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