I'm glad that I got to see Mariano Rivera pitch. It isn't every day you see a legend-in-the-making at work. Unanimous, first-ballot Hall of Fame selection for sure. He could have walked off the mound for the last time with head held high in the company of Ruth, Dimaggio, and Mantle.
And it has been fun to see his "Goodbye Tour" as clubs in both leagues have gifted him his "42" number board in each stadium, plus a host of paintings, chairs, and other memorabilia. It has been a classy sendoff. Hell, even the Redsox and their fans treated him like royalty. That says it all.
27 September 2013
PS: Creating new "sports" tag for the blog. Probably won't go back an reclassify relevant posts, but will try to tag them henceforth.
PPS: Major League Baseball will only let you embed video if you have an mlb-blog, which is stupid beyond words. Great sendoff for Rivera, but your business model needs major-league work. Check out video at the link above or on Fox Sports, which carried his last game.
PPSS: Here is video that works. First from Yankee Stadium earlier in the week.
And the official video from Metallica.
Take that, MLB!
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