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Though no longer the bitter rivalry of the late ’70s and early ’80s, another chapter was added to Yankees / Royals lore last night. This time, though, it had nothing to do with pennant-winning homers, brawls or pine tar, but rather, an injury to the most lethal closer the game has ever known, that left everyone who has any connection to the Yankees tomb silent.
Mariano Rivera tore the ACL and meniscus in his right knee shagging fly balls during batting practice in Kansas City, dropping to the warning track in a heap as disbelief and panic surged through New York’s players and coaches.
For as consistently ...