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7 Things Baseball Will Miss Most About Mariano Rivera

class="ui-droppable">After 19 major league seasons and five championships, Mariano Rivera confirmed on Saturday that his career was over. He will be sorely missed by fans of the New York Yankees, but also by baseball fans or anyone with a soft spot for underdog stories.

While dealing with tremendous soreness in his forearm (h/t Andy McCullough, The Star-Ledger), Mo participated in the 2013 All-Star Game, posted a 2.11 earned run average and saved 44 games for a team that had playoff aspirations until the season's final week.

Of course, the tears and cheers following his final appearance were in recognition of his many years of brilliance on and off the field.



Rivera is an exceptional individual with universal appeal, ...

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