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Mariano rivera, the man who intimidated thousands of batters merely by opening a bullpen door, began. Josh pettitte was selected by the yanks in the 37th round of the 20 draft. He is major league baseballs alltime saves and postseason era leader, a thirteentime allstar, and a fivetime world champion. Pitching with a longevity and consistency uncommon to the closer role, he saved at least 25. Sep 02, 2014 the legendary, recordbreaking hall of fame pitcher tells his inspiring story mariano rivera never dreamed of becoming a professional athlete. He is 15 at the time, then he dropped out of high school.
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