Showing posts with label Mariano Rivera Retirement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mariano Rivera Retirement. Show all posts

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Exit Sandman...

((HT: YES/MLB))

There was only one way to do this...

In his last game at Yankee Stadium, Mariano Rivera was pulled...
But not in the way you think...


The best part...???

Michael Kay laid out for almost four minutes on play-by-play...
Classy move... very classy...

Monday, September 23, 2013

ICYMI: Yanks Get Metallica To Play Rivera Entrance Music Live

Okay, admittedly not Yankees fans, but this was pretty cool.

As the career of legendary closer Mariano Rivera winds to a close, his team, the New York Yankees gave him a send-off to remember on Sunday.

Along with all the requisite gifts like a rocking chair and plaques and speeches and all that, it was this moment perhaps that was the coolest of all.

Since Rivera's "Entrance Music" has always been Metallica's "Enter Sandman"....who better to provide the live entrance music:

MLB won't let us embed their video, so you'll have to check this one out. It's still pretty cool: