Spring Premier Auction 2014
Wed, Apr 30, 2014 08:00PM EDT - Sun, May 18, 2014 12:30PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 514
MARIANO RIVERA INSCRIBED 9/26/13 FINAL GAME USED BASEBALL - LIMITED EDITION #14/24 (MLB AUTH., STEINER)
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$2,772
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A roar started the second New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi tapped his right arm and the bullpen door opened with one out in the eighth inning and Mariano Rivera began to jog toward the Yankee Stadium mound for what would be the last time he ever pitched a game in the Bronx.
But the real drama? That didn't come until the Yankees sprung an exquisite surprise on him after he'd retired the first two Tampa Bay Rays he faced in the ninth. Instead of Girardi out came longtime teammates Andy Pettitte and Derek Jeter to remove Rivera from the game. When the 43-year-old Rivera saw the two of them coming for him he smiled a little like he'd been had. And then the floodgates opened for him. He quit fighting back the tears and let them flow.
"I don't know how I got those last few guys out. I don't know what I was doing" Rivera admitted after the game adding not even a trip to the trainer's room to compose himself between the eighth and ninth did the trick. "Everything started hitting -- all the flashbacks everything that led to this moment ... I was just bombarded with emotions. "I knew this was the last time. Period."
After a long embrace with Pettitte that ended with Pettitte finally giving the sobbing Rivera a kiss on the head Rivera moved on to hug Jeter for a while too. Then he walked off pausing just past the first-base foul line to doff his cap to the sellout crowd of 48675 standing and cheering and chanting his name.
This OML(Selig) baseball was used on September 26 2013 during Mariano Rivera's final game as a Yankee. On a side panel to the side of the stamping Rivera had signed in perfect looking 9-10/10 blue ink "Mariano Rivera Final Season in Pinstripes Exit Sandman 9/26/13". The ball displays excellent game use. Limited Edition #14/24.
MLB Authentic hologram #809292 EK. Steiner Sports Game Used hologram #200288.
Pre-certified by PSA/DNA.
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