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Mariano Rivera dealt with plenty of adversity on the way to being baseball's greatest closer – New York Daily News
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Yankees almost traded Mariano — for a nobody
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Mariners Trade Retrospective: How Mariano Rivera almost came to Seattle
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Manny Bañuelos finally lives out Yankees dream
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Mariano Rivera defends support of Donald Trump: 'He's doing the best for the United States
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Mariano Rivera's 10 Greatest Moments of Hall of Fame Yankees Career, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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New York Yankees -- How Mariano Rivera has inspired a team of strangers in need - ESPN
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Jackie Robinson's widow, Rachel, proud of New York Yankees' Mariano Rivera - ESPN
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Why Yankees nearly traded Mariano Rivera to Tigers in 1995
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Award-winning column on Mariano Rivera, from our archives
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Mariano Rivera: Breaking bats, and hitters' hearts, for 19 years - Los Angeles Times
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Mariano Rivera of New York Yankees would rather not start All-Star Game - ESPN
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Mariano Rivera almost got traded to Mariners
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25 years ago, Mariano Rivera made the one great start -- yes, start -- of his Hall of Fame career - ESPN