When you talk about great runs by New York closers, your list generally starts with Yankees -- Sparky Lyle, Rich Gossage, and of course, Mariano Rivera -- and each claimed a championship or multiple championships to go with that.
Jeurys Familia is trying to carve his own legacy this postseason. He’s thrown 9 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, following a regular season that ended with him allowing four runs in his last 39 innings.
Familia is trying to do what Tug McGraw couldn’t do in 1973: close out a great postseason run by winning a championship ring.