The Last Man on the Mound
In September 2013, Mariano Rivera walked to the pitcher's mound at Yankee Stadium for the final time. Nineteen seasons. Six hundred fifty-two saves — more...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18.
In September 2013, Mariano Rivera walked to the pitcher's mound at Yankee Stadium for the final time. Nineteen seasons. Six hundred fifty-two saves — more than anyone in baseball history. Five World Series rings. When Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte came to pull him from the game, Rivera — the most unshakable closer baseball had ever seen — buried his face in Pettitte's shoulder and wept.…
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