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BASEBALL

Mariano Rivera

Mariano Rivera (MO) who played for the New York Yankees and was known as the greatest closer in baseball and he loved to throw his cutter to get the opposing player out. He was part of the cour four that included Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada. “According to MLB.com” He was born on November 29th 1969 in Panama City and he made his Major League Debut on May 23-1995 and he played his last game September 26th 2013.

“According to MLB.com” During his career he won eighty two games and had sixty losses. His career earn run average was 221 and he pitched 1283.2 innings and he had 1173 saves. Along the way in his career he won 5 World Series championships with the Yankees in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009.  He played in thirteen all star games 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013. He was named the ALCS MVP in 2003 and in 1996 he was 23rd in the American League with 130 strikeouts.