Mariano Rivera has been nothing but clutch for the New York Yankees, but Tuesday night "the Sandman" took it one step further. Rivera tallied save number 600, one save away form the all-time save leader Trevor Hoffman. Rivera, originally from Panama, has been with the Yankees for 17 seasons and done some incredible things for the only organization he has called home. He has been on 12 American League All-Star teams, has won 5 World Series, and won the 1991 World Series Major League MVP award.
"The Sandman" has the stats to put him in the elite club of Hall of Fame. He has one heck of an arm to be at the age of 41. I applaud this human being for his incredible baseball career, but more so I applaud this Latino for his humility in reaching this tremendous baseball statistic. He repeatedly thanks God, his family, and his teammates of current and the past. What more can you ask from your closing pitcher, and in a person?
I have never been much of a fan for the Yankees and their dominance over the rest of the American League, and furthermore my Boston Redsox, but Mariano Rivera is an exception. He has always had a calm, composed demeanor that should be mirrored in every athlete in baseball. He has pitched through the later years of what is known as the steroid era and has kept name out of speculation and in the record books.
So thank you Mariano Rivera, on behalf of Major League Baseball and Latinos all across the United States.
MLB.COM's tribute to Mariano Rivera's Career: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19196205&topic_id=16992138&c_id=nyy&tcid=vpp_copy_19196205&v=3
Story first covered by Yahoo.com: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-yankees-riveras600th
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