Trying to get ahead of Mariano Rivera’s cutter was impossible.
Former MLB players revealed their secrets when facing Rivera on the field, a day after the Yankees legend was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Ex-Rangers third basemen Michael Young said whenever Rivera took the mound against them, he and teammates had a secret system to help tip off hitters at the plate — except it wouldn’t work.
“We’d have the guy in the on deck circle use the metal donut,” Young recalled on Twitter. “If Jorge [Posada] set up inside he’d knock the donut off hard, hitter would hear it and know it was cutter inside…ya, not very obvious.