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A-Rod Says Teammate Mariano Rivera Is His Role Model

class="ui-droppable">Alex Rodriguez has admitted that New York Yankees teammate Mariano Rivera is his role model.

According to XM MLB Chat, Rodriguez described what it was like to compete against and play with Rivera in an interview during Sunday's Yankee radio pregame show with Suzyn Waldman:

He's our Roberto Clemente in many ways. And I love him, I love him to pieces. And I'm having such a great time playing the game, and he's a major part of it. Me coming back and having the privilege to put on the pinstripes and share the uniform with Mariano Rivera is a moment I'll never forget.

...when the moment gets really, really, really tough, and New Yorkers can appreciate this about Mariano, the best Mariano Rivera always stands ...

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