NY Post · Jan 23, 2019
Why cheating against Mariano Rivera didn’t even work
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. It worked. He’s get 3 outs on 12 pitches instead of 9. Congrats Mo!”