12 years ago today: Mariano Rivera receives an emotional sendoff from Andy Pettitte and Derek Jeter as he exits his final game at Yankee Stadium.
12 years ago today: Mariano Rivera receives an emotional sendoff from Andy Pettitte and Derek Jeter as he exits his final game at Yankee Stadium.
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I miss those guys.
We were so spoilt to have Mo closing for us for a decade and a half. After going through a bunch of closers since his retirement, we have realized how difficult a closer’s job is and how easy he made it look. No drama, no suspense, no heart attack, just a quick 1-2-3 inning and the Yankees win.
Man, I got find whoever just started chopping up a bag of onions in my house
Wait! That was 12 years ago! Fuck off
Raise your hand if you almost cried when this happened.✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽
That’ll do Sandman, that’ll do.
WHOS CUTTING ONIONS IN HERE
Top ten Mariano Rivera moment for me.
I* will always remember how he went to the mound after Boone’s walk off home run in Game 7 of the 03 ALCS and wept. He pitched three scoreless innings in that game and earned ALCS MVP honors. I remember counting pitches during that game and telling my dad frantically that there was no way he could go another inning. My dad said Joe (Torre) wouldn’t take him out, there was no way. Then Boone hit the home run and I didn’t have to worry anymore lol.
In a lifetime, we may never again see the kind of home grown core we enjoyed in Rivera, Bernie, Jeter, Pettitte, and Posada. The Fantastic Five. Such a special team.
Gawd😭😭😭 I remember watching this live… the core 4 will always be on top
I miss the old yankees. Imagine if judge played with the 2009 team?
This era of the Yankees… with my whole heart. This was our team.
This is still emotional
The sandman
That was Yankee Baseball!
Best.Team.In.All.Of.Baseball. Love ’em, hate ’em … whatever … there’s no denying the Yankees are greatest team in baseball.
ANDY TOLD HIM THAT HE “DID GOOD.” I’m tearing up again.
Just pulling on the heart strings a lil
Man this still hits so hard. Maybe my top favorite Yankee moment I witnessed
I got goosebumps watching this 💕
Awesome History 💕🥳
Let’s Go Yankees 🥳
I was there! The stadium was going nuts, of course. And the “Mar-i-a-no!” chants continued endlessly.
Everyone knew the assignment.
Legend. There will never be another like him.
The hug with Andy gets me every time. You can see that’s when it really hits him.
I fucking hate the Yankees but it’s impossible to not get emotional over this moment. Instant classic.
The best to ever do it
One pitch, here it comes, try to hit it
My children look at my Yankee memorabilia throughout the house and are too young to know about the players in the pictures and cards. They rely on old dad to flesh out the stories. When they ask me about my picture of Mo, I tell them that of all the Yankees of that era, he was the most special. He truly was the greatest to ever do what he did.