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NEW YORK -- Mariano Rivera said goodbye to Yankee Stadium
with hugs, tears and cheers.
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Baseballs most acclaimed relief pitcher made an emotional
exit in his final appearance in the Yankees home
pinstripes, when captain Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte
came to the mound to remove him with two outs in the
ninth inning of a 4-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on
Thursday night. "Its time to go," Jeter appeared to tell
Rivera. During four minutes of thunderous chanting from
the sellout crowd 48,675, an overcome Rivera sobbed as he
buried his head on the right shoulder of Pettitte, who
also is retiring when the season ends Sunday. Pettitte
gave Rivera a 30-second bear hug, and Jeter followed with
a 15-second embrace. Rivera, who turns 44 in November,
said he had trouble controlling himself on the mound
during the ninth inning for the first time since he left
Panama and embarked on a professional baseball career in
1990. "I was bombarded with emotions and feeling that I
couldnt describe," he said after the game, flanked by his
wife and three sons. "Everything hit at that time. I knew
that was the last time. Period. I never felt like that
before." Yankees manager Joe Girardi, his voice cracking
from emotion after the game, said he conceived the idea
in the eighth inning. "Ive never seen a player pull
another player, so I had to ask. And then one of them was
on the DL," he said. Girardi asked plate umpire Laz Diaz
before the ninth, and Diaz consulted with crew chief Mike
Winters. "Then I said, Well, can I send two? and they
said, Well, go ahead. And I really appreciate because I
think it made the moment even more special for Mo." At
first, Pettitte didnt think it was a good idea. Then he
got to the mound and quickly decided "it was awfully
cool." The three players have known each other since they
were in the minors in 1990, and all three came up to the
Yankees for the first time in 1995. "I didnt say anything
at first, and I didnt expect for him to be quite so
emotional," Pettitte said. "He broke down and just gave
me a bear hug and I just bear-hugged him back. He was
really crying. He was weeping, and I could feel him
crying on me." Rivera had retired Delmon Young, Sam Fuld,
Jose Lobaton and Yunel Escobar on 13 pitches -- the
overall 465th perfect outing of his career. He had gone
to the trainers room in the Yankees clubhouse after the
top of the eighth instead of remaining in the dugout.
"Everything started hitting from there. All the
flashbacks from the minor leagues to the big leagues, all
the way to this moment," he said. When he walked off the
mound for the final time with two outs in the top of the
ninth in the famous, final scene, he wiped his eyes with
both arms and blew a kiss to the first row behind the
Yankees dugout. He hugged a tearful Girardi in the
dugout, grabbed a towel to dab his own tears, and came
out again and doffed his cap to the crowd. All the while,
the Rays remained in their dugout applauding. ""I thought
it was pretty cool. Ive never taken a pitcher out
before," Jeter said. "Weve all grown up together," he
said. "Its too bad good things have to come to an end."
Throughout the stands, fans blinked back their own tears.
And after Rivera came off, Pettitte came out for his own
curtain call as the Rays waited in their dugout, not
wanting to interrupt the moment. Rays manager Joe Maddon
is a longtime fan of Riveras consistency, durability and
quiet humility. "Its got to be what it was like to watch
(Joe) DiMaggios hitting streak, only longer," he said,
impressed by both Riveras accomplishments and the
ceremony. "They know how to do things here. Theyre great
at pomp and circumstance in this place." After the last
out, Rivera remained on the bench for a moment as Frank
Sinatras recording of "New York, New York" played. He
then took a last walk to the mound, a man alone, rubbing
his feet on the rubber, kneeling and gathering a bit of
his workplace as a keepsake. "I wanted to get some dirt,
just stay there for the last time, knowing that I aint
going to be there no more, especially pitching," he said.
"Maybe throw a first pitch one year, one day. But
competing -- wont be there no more. So that little that I
was there was special for me." Rivera had entered with
one out and two on in the eighth to a recorded
introduction by Bob Sheppard, the longtime Yankees public
address announcer who died three years ago. Fans stood,
applauded and chanted his name as he jogged in from the
bullpen to Metallicas "Enter Sandman" and continued for
two minutes as he took his warmups. The entire Tampa Bay
bench emptied and stood on the dirt warning track in
front of the dugout and applauded. Fans remained on their
feet, chanting his name as he got two quick outs on six
pitches. It was his first appearance since the Yankees
retired his No. 42 during a 50-minute ceremony Sunday.
Eliminated from playoff contention, the Yankees finish
the season with three games in Houston. The oldest player
in the major leagues, Rivera posted 314 of his record 652
saves at home during a 19-year big league career, and 18
of his record 42 post-season saves were at the old and
new Yankee Stadium. Rivera helped the Yankees to five
World Series titles, getting the final out in four of
them. Hell remember the home finale along with the
titles. "It was amazing. A great, great night," he said
and then paused. "We lost. I dont know how Id be saying
that." NOTES: Matt Daley is sure to be the answer to a
future trivia question -- he was the pitcher who relieved
Rivera. ... Rivera had not entered a game with the
Yankees trailing by four runs or more since May 20, 2008,
against Baltimore, according to STATS. ... The Yankees
drew an AL-high 3,279,589, their lowest in five seasons
at new Yankee Stadium and down from 3.54 million last
year. Their average of 40,488 was their lowest since
40,346 in 2000, according to STATS. The Yankees had just
seven sellouts. ... New York hit 75 home runs at Yankee
Stadium, its lowest home total since 75 in 1997. ...
Girardi wouldnt comment on an ESPN report that Cano, who
is eligible for free agency, is seeking a 10-year deal
worth a record $305 million. ... Bothered by sore legs,
3B Alex Rodriguez didnt play. ... Tampa Bay won its
seventh straight and lowered to two its magic number over
Texas for clinching an AL wild-card berth. The Rays swept
this three-game series, outscoring the Yankees 19-3. ...
Alex Cobb (11-3) took a one-hit shutout into the eighth,
retiring 15 in a row between walks to Curtis Granderson
in the second and Robinson Cano in the seventh. He wound
up allowing three hits in seven innings-plus. ... Evan
Longoria hit an RBI single in the fourth against Ivan
Nova (9-6) and a two-run single off Dellin Betances in
the eighth. Young hit a long solo homer to left-centre in
the sixth. ... New York has lost nine of 12, including
four in a row, and at 82-77 will have its fewest wins in
a non-shortened season since 1992.
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Cavaliers first-year forward will miss at least three
weeks with a strained left knee, the latest setback for
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Kuper, a fifth-round pick in Denvers 2006 draft, started
79 games at guard over eight seasons. He dislocated his
left ankle in the last game of the 2011 regular season,
and though he started another seven games after that, he
never returned to his previous level.
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Bautista returned to the Blue Jays starting lineup, as
the designated hitter, on Tuesday afternoon. He made his
presence felt at first opportunity, hitting a home run to
left-centre field in the first inning. The homer was
Bautistas first since June 6, a span of 17 games. The
slugger wasnt yet ready to resume playing defence. "I
think the decision was made by Gibby to give me one or
two days to kind of ease back into it," said Bautista.
"Depending on how I feel tomorrow, possibly playing right
field. If not, definitely in Oakland sometime." Bautistas
bat is a welcome sight. However, because he couldnt play
right field, manager John Gibbons was forced to send Adam
Lind to the bench. The Blue Jays usually employ a first
base-designated hitter combination of Lind and Edwin
Encarnacion when an opponent starts a right-handed
pitcher. Encarnacion started at first base on Tuesday.
Basebaalls leader with 59 walks and a .
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percentage, Bautista did not take issue with Gibbons
decision to keep him out of right field for at least one
more day. "I want to play today and Im consciously not
going to fight my manager because what hes doing I think
is reasonable," said Bautista. "Same thing tomorrow. But
if I feel well then theres no restrictions. Its not if I
want to play and Im going to make it worse; I think Im
old enough and disciplined enough to not risk making it
worse by playing defence too soon." The Blue Jays went 3-
4 in Bautistas absence from the starting lineup,
including three-straight losses to the Chicago White Sox
in games started by a left-handed pitcher. Toronto is
scheduled to face three left-handers during its four-game
set in Oakland, which starts on Thursday evening. The
club could face two more southpaws next week in its
three-game series in Anaheim.
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