BRONX, N.Y. — We were supposed to be celebrating Opening Day this week. Instead, the COVID-19 pandemic is making the 2020 baseball season look bleaker by the moment. No, Mike Francesca, it’s not going to start April 6, not even close.
Hence, on Friday, legendary New York Yankees Hall of Fame closer, Mariano Rivera chimed in on The Michael Kay Show, as to what constitutes a legitimate World Series champion.
Rivera, who played in the strike-abbreviated 144-game season in 1995, said, “I don’t think you can play a 60-game season and you call yourself a champion.