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In a ceremony before the Yankees / Twins game on Tuesday night, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was presented with a special gift by the Twins.

With his baseball career coming to a close, New York Yankees reliever and future Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera could very well move on to another sport to dominate.

For the third consecutive night, the New York Mets used a late inning rally to earn a win, doing so for the second night against the cross town rival Yankees.

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Mariano Rivera, the greatest relief pitcher in major league history, intends to retire at the end of the 2013 season. The New York Yankees' closer is supposed to make the announcement official at a press conference at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa on Saturday morning...

Legendary closer Mariano Rivera and the Yankees have made it official - the all-time saves leader still wants to close games and the Yankees still want the ninth inning to begin with the Metallica's 'Enter Sandman'.

Reports surfaced this week that Mariano Rivera was leaning more toward retirement than a comeback, but the legendary closer now says he plans on pitching next year.

Mariano Rivera tore his ACL shagging fly-balls in pre-game BP. No work yet on Yanks' new closer.

Rivera gives up two in the ninth; Rays win on Pena's five RBI's.

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera's strikeout of Chris Parmelee not only secured the victory for the Bombers, but also pushed Mo past Trevor Hoffman on the all-time saves list.