Nineteen seasons, 1,423 innings and 652 saves later, it all came down this this: Mariano Rivera, indisputably Major League Baseball‘s greatest closer of all time, taking the mound at Yankee Stadium for the final time on Thursday night
Rivera pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings in his last home outing, a fitting cap to a legendary baseball career. A sellout crowd sent Rivera off with a standing ovation following his final pitch
Online, too, his teammates and fans paid tribute to Rivera with memories and appreciations
The Yankees used the hashtag #ExitSandman — a reference to Mariano’s entrance song, “Enter Sandman” by Metallica — to generate conversation with fansAccording to MLB, the hashtag was tweeted more than 87,000 times on Thursday night alone Read more…
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