For most athletes, 42 years old is almost at the end of their careers, and it is impossible to realize the legend. However, Mariano Rivera has performed legendary experiences again and again.
American Journalists Association announced the latest Hall of Fame voting results. Mariano Rivera set a historical record of MLB and passed the reporter's vote unanimously to enter the Hall of Fame. Since the founding of the MLB Hall of Fame, no player has received a unanimous vote, and Mariano Rivera has broken that record.
Mariano Rivera is a celebrity in baseball history, surpassing the heroes with 652 rescue successes. Moreover, he also helped Yankee win five World Series titles and won the last outs of four World Series. It can be seen that Mariano Rivera is full of legend. However, this is not the most surprising thing about Mariano Rivera, as his career experience is more legendary than honors.
Mariano Rivera grew up in Panama. After dropping out of school at the age of 16, she followed her father to fish. Her future life can be described as "one glance at the sight of her hair". It was not until one time when Mariano Rivera went out to sea, when Mariano Rivera was seriously injured and his uncle died in an accident, which completely changed Mariano Rivera's idea. So he chose baseball as his way out. It is obvious that Mariano Rivera was just an unknown little person at the beginning, wandering in the low-level baseball league for many years. Even so, Yankee offered Mariano Rivera a $2,000 contract. Unexpectedly, this contract changed fate. After joining Yankees, Mariano Rivera made a leaps and bounds, and the speed ball speed once reached 95-96 mph per day, the Yankees' original transaction with the Tigers was also interrupted. In the 1995 season, Mariano Rivera entered the playoffs with the team, which was his first time participating in the playoffs. Yankees then gave up MVP Whitland and handed over the team's finisher position to Rivera. It's a pity that Mariano Rivera failed to show dominance in the new season, but the team's management always believes that he will gradually grow.
As expected, the finalists were all in the fifteen years, Mariano Rivera, who averaged 69 innings per season and 40 rescues were far ahead of the league. In addition, he was selected as the All-Star 12 times, ranking second in the Cy Young Awards.
2012 season, Mariano Rivera regarded it as the last season of his career, after all, his age at that time reached the 42-year-old. Unfortunately, the injury caused the season to be reimbursed and failed to follow the plan. So, Mariano Rivera decided to complete her career successfully and prepare to continue to complete her original plan after returning from injury. In the 2013 season, Rivera, who returned to the stadium, was comparable to the peak. He successfully rescued 44 times and lost 2.11 points in the echo of 2.11 helped him be selected as the All-Star Game again, and won the honor of the All-Star Game MVP in the All-Star Game . It can be seen that Rivera is difficult to be underestimated in terms of popularity and strength.
Of course, achieving success always requires luck, and Rivera also has regrets. The Yankees failed to enter the playoffs in the 2013 season. In any case, Mariano Rivera is already more fulfilling than most players, after all, wherever he went in his last season, he was filled with flowers and applause, and every fan and player showed more respect.
