Rivera fittingly hit 99 saves in 1999, and on the brink of his first numerical milestone, “The Sandman” got called upon for perhaps one of his easier ones on a steamy summer night in Miami.

Neither Jason Grimsley nor Todd Erdos could finish out what ended up being an 8-4 Yankees win, and when Erdos walked Cliff Floyd to put two on with two out, he made it a save situation…and Joe Torre knew exactly what to do.

It took Rivera all of two pitches to record his 100th save; after a called strike, he got Kevin Millar to hit a weak grounder to Derek Jeter that got the game-clinching forceout, and what was his 16th save of 1999 helped the Yankees maintain the half-game lead they enjoyed in the AL East – a lead they had just taken the game before and would never relinquish again that season.