The Story of Mariano Rivera

A look at the all-star’s baseball career.

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Road to Retirement - Rivera announced on March 9, 2013, that he would retire after the 2013 season. “It was important for me to meet the people who make baseball what it is, the people who work in the game every day. They have given me far more than I have given them,” Rivera told the Star Tribune. (Photo: Kyodo/Landov)42 Is Put to Rest - Rivera became the first active player to have his number retired in a ceremony honoring him on Sept. 22 at Yankee Stadium on “Mariano Rivera Day.” In addition to retiring his number, Metallica performed Rivera’s entry song “Enter Sandman,” and the Yankees also put together a five-minute video tribute featuring Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte.(Photo: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

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Overcoming Injury - While he was only on the injury list a few times throughout his career, Rivera’s most talked about injury occurred while he was in the minor leagues in 1992. The surgery on his ulnar collateral ligament was confused with Tommy John surgery, which would have required doctors to replace his ligament as oppose to repairing it. (Photo: Al Bello/Getty Images)

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