Mariano Rivera
Mariano Rivera
Mariano Riverais a Panamanian former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed "Mo" and "Sandman", Rivera spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons. A thirteen-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, he is MLB's career leader in savesand games finished. Rivera won five American LeagueRolaids Relief Man Awards and three Delivery Man of the Year Awards,...
NationalityPanamanian
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 November 1969
CityPanama City, Panama
CountryPanama
That shows I'm not perfect. Today was tough. We should have won that game. I didn't do my job.
He was great. He's been like that the whole year. It's a win, a win for the team but I wish he had won it,
starters having the kind of years that have won it before.
Look at the season I had in '96, ... But I won because we won the World Series. That's how it finished. I didn't think about it again.
I'm not perfect, and today was tough. We should have won the game, but I didn't do my job. It was just one pitch, but there was no margin for error.
I've seen it for years. That doesn't surprise me at all.
It would be something nice, but I don't think about it, ... I just go out and try to help the team. But if it happened, it would be nice.
I wanted it to be out. When he caught the ball and tagged him above the waist, I think he might have been able to sneak in there.
I wanted to be in there and face Ortiz.
Every day I come to the ballpark, I thank God that I'm wearing this uniform, for giving me the opportunity to be successful and last that long. To pitch that long and do it good, for the New York Yankees. It's great.
DHL Presents the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Year Award
You always want to represent your country, but I wouldn't be ready.
We have to play Baltimore first, so we have to focus on them. And when the time comes, then we'll focus on Boston.
That's baseball. Anything can happen, and it happened today.