Rivera’s last Yankee Apperance. Photo Jim McIsaac/Long Island Newsday.
As cool and awesomely thought out as it was for the Yankees to get Metallica to perform a live version of Mariano Rivera‘s signature walk-on song Enter Sandman earlier this week, this was even cooler; Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte coming out to pull him from his last home game. The 5 minute ovation was great, but I gotta admit this video is pretty moving. You’re not a baseball fan if you’re not a least a little choked up here.
A legend moves on. The greatest reliever by any measure (opinion or stats) will set the bar pretty high going forward for any hall-of-fame calibre closer to achieve once he’s enshrined.
Good piece on him in latest SI issue. The guy can still pitch. Don’t we need a closer?
The Old Boss
1 Oct 13 at 10:50 am