Today 3/12/13 I got letter published in New York Post about Mariana Rivera.
This is what I wrote:There is a gloom in Gotham because the great Rivera has declared that this will be his last season in the sun.
The ray of sunshine he brought into our humdrum lives will be gone forevermore.
He will surpass such great Yankee relievers as Sparky Lyle,Luis Arroyo,Joe Page and the unforgettable Wilcy Moore.
Rivera was the greatness of them all.
Gary Schwartz
Fort Lee
Now who was Wilcy Moore? Well,the unforgettable Wilcy Moore has become forgettable.He only had one great year,despite being mostly a relief pitcher,which his era was looked down a pond,he was considered the best pitcher in baseball in 1927.Strangely like Rivera he had only one pitch,a mean low sinking fast ball and like Rivera he had nerves of steel-or no nerves at all.
His batting style was unique,for swing at same spot no matter were pitch was throw.Babe Ruth bet him $300 to $100 he wouldn't get more then three hits he got five and when he got home he wrote Ruth a letter."The $300 come in handy," it said."I used it to buy a fine pair of mules.I named one Babe and other one Ruth."
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