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=Mariano Rivera Day= On September 22nd 2013, The current Mayor on that day, Mayor Bloomberg, announced every year, on that day, to contribute Mariano Rivera, and his legacy in baseball, in New York City official will be called Mariano Rivera Day. This became official on the day Mariano Rivera pitched his last game as a NY Yankee in New Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Mariano was dearly celebrated on this day in history. Mariano is the last person in Major League History to wear the famous number 42, which was retired 2 years after he signed with the Yankees Organization. Number 42 is Jackie Robinson's number, which was retired by all Major League Baseball teams.

Mariano's Legacy
Mariano has the most all - time saves in his organization, and in Major League history, passing Trevor Hoffman in 2011. He his known to be the greatest closer of Major League History. Nearly Half of his saves were with Jorge Posada, which makes the two baseball players the most all time save pair (closer/catcher for save together in a career) the most all time. Also, he has the most supporting saves with a starting pitcher in the history of baseball, who also official retired the same year as him, Andy Pettite. He for 19 seasons as a Yankee, a superstar in the making in all those years of his career. He was the last pitcher to pitch in the World Series for the Yankees, which was in 2009. He pitched in 4 winning season (winning the World Series), in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2009.

Nicknames
His nicknames were "The Sandman", "Mo", and much, much more over the time during his career that he earned during career.