"With surprisingly little hype and fanfare given the magnitude of the achievement, Mariano Rivera is on the verge of another milestone. After he earns just a few more saves, he will take his place as the career leader in that category, a fitting honor for the man widely considered the greatest closer ever.

But as Rivera approaches 600 saves, and the 602nd that will make him the leader, there is little national focus on his accomplishment. The baseball world seems to be taking the event for granted, perhaps because Rivera was long ago crowned the unofficial king of closers. "