Luke Weaver is pulling off an unreal Mariano Rivera-like playoff run

Do you see it and not want to say it? Because it feels like baseball sacrilege to even think it, much less express it.So careful in the wording.

The last thing you want to do is compare someone to Beethoven or Michael Jordan based on a small sample size. So what is the proper language to conjure the greatest at something over a small period? You want to talk about al-Mo-st seeing a bit of genius without being Mo-cked.You don’t want to just take a Mo-rsel in time and overstate anything.

You want to avoid getting caught up in the Mo-ment. Thus, here is the comfort zone — have you noticed that Luke Weaver is kind of on a Mariano Rivera run? Please, please, please note the use of the word “run.” Rivera didn’t have a run.He had two decades of brilliance — the greatest reliever ever in the regular season and just perhaps the best postseason pitcher ever and the only unani-Mo-us electee to the Hall of Fame. Thus, one Mo-nth has traces of Rivera, but not the full Mo-nty.

But since unofficially officially becoming the closer on Sept.6, hasn’t Weaver fit that Mo-de? Can’t you see a little “Mo” in what Weaver’s doing? You know the 6-foot-2 lean hyper-athletic righty failed former starter finding the role of a lifetime.

The Mo-wing down of lineups with economy and lack of drama.The uber-strike throwing.

The re-Mo-val of walks and homers and good luck to the opponent getting three singles before three outs to score a run.The Mo-vement on the pitches to avoid the barrel of the bat.

The dominance against lefties.The endurance to hold up well over Mo-re than one inning.

The controlled e-Mo-tion that allows for the raising of a game amid October stress. “It is a high level of premium strike throwing,” Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake agreed when asked about the Rivera-esque comp.“It is a high level of awareness where to use his fastball to stay off the sweet spots of the barrel [of the bat].” It is allowing Weaver to do for Aaron Boone, ...