![]() ![]() Perhaps for the first time in his career, he wondered if he would be able to summon the composure to go out to the mound and pitch well. “I was being bombarded with emotions and feelings,” Rivera said. ![]() He calmly recorded the two final outs of the eighth and then the first two outs in the ninth - another perfect outing, if not a save - even as the Yankees lost.Īfter the eighth, Rivera retreated to the trainers’ room and as he applied heat to his arm to keep it warm, he started to have a flood of memories, flashbacks from his days in the minor leagues, through all five World Series championships he helped the Yankees win, his ascendancy as he became hailed as the game’s greatest closer, and finally to that very moment. Rivera trotted across the outfield grass for the final time as the crowd saluted him with a thundering standing ovation while the familiar strains of his theme song, Metallica’s “Enter Sandman,” rang out.Īs Rivera warmed up, the entire Rays team stood at its dugout and clapped along with the fans, eliciting a tip of the cap from Rivera, who then got down to business. As the bullpen door swung open with one out in the eighth, a recording of the longtime announcer Bob Sheppard’s voice announced his entrance into the game. Rivera’s final entry onto the Yankee Stadium field was dramatic. It’s kind of bittersweet about the playoff chances being done, but I don’t think it would have been able to go down like it did tonight if we were still right there and fighting for it.” “Sunday was incredible and great closure for me,” Pettitte said, “and this was a bonus. ![]()
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