Originally Posted by
nyjunc
He has a 3.46 ERA in the postseason compared to a .77 for Mariano.
Mariano has a few screw ups but he didn't begin his postseason career screwing up. he was amazing in '95 and '96 as a setup man, he had 1 bad pitch in '97 then was unhittable until a meaningless spot in the 2000 WS where we were killing the Mets. He screwed himself in '01 w/ the bad throw to 2nd at Arizona but it was bound to happen at some point. The man has a .77 ERA, that's not making up for bad performances, that is being consistently great.
He pitched more than an inning in 4 postseason series, of those 4 he gave up runs in 3 of them. Rivera from '98 through Game 5 of the '00 ALCS didn't give up a run, 23 straight games w/o a run, 7+ seriews all of which he pitched at least 3 innings and as many as 6 innings. There is just no comparison btw the 2.