Colin Cowherd had high praise for Mariano Rivera on his show the Herd. He called Rivera “the greatest closer of all time,” which is hard to argue. Rivera is the career leader in saves (652), games finished (952), and ERA+ (205).
In going into greater detail on Rivera, Cowherd mentioned that he was a one-pitch pitcher, which is correct. But he blundered on what pitch that was.
Ahhh yes, who could ever forget Mariano Rivera’s one pitch…. THE SPLITTER! 😂 https://t.co/WWyS3fKGAe
Cowherd remembers Rivera for his splitter, but it’s unlikely anyone else will, as he’s never possessed a splitter. The famous pitch Cowherd was looking for was his cutter. Mariano Rivera threw one of the nastiest cutters the league has ever seen. Batters would know it was coming and still couldn’t get good wood on it.
Baseball fans had a good time poking fun at Cowherd for this one. He was so confident that Rivera threw a splitter. Fans think he should stay away from the baseball segments on his show.
“Please don’t talk baseball ever again. Thanks” one fan explained.
“Yikes” another fan tweeted.
@BackAftaThis Wish I could get paid millions to talk about things I know nothing about
@BackAftaThis Absolutely sacrilegious. Coming up next. Was Nolan Ryan the best knuckleballer of all time?
Fans didn’t hold back on how they felt about Colin Cowherd. He’s not the most popular sports media personality and is known for saying some pretty outlandish things on air.
@BackAftaThis Lmfao. If you google “Mariano Rivera splitter” it corrects to show results for the cutter. Jesus man.
@BackAftaThis Don’t forget about Greg Maddux and his triple digit fastball. Poor command but he’d blow it right by you!
@BackAftaThis Oof. That’s tough. But…he’s not a baseball guy at all.
Knowing Mariano Rivera threw a cutter is pretty elementary. It’s something anyone could easily look up on the internet, especially if your job is to talk sports live to thousands of people. Other fans are cutting Cowherd some slack, pointing out that he’s more of a basketball and football guy.
Either way, it was a hilarious mistake. Given the response from baseball fans on Twitter, we may not get any more Cowherd baseball segments after this one.
Colin Cowherd’s blunder shows how baseball is disrespected in most mainstream media
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