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Hall of Fame: Yankees' Mariano Rivera owns Cooperstown
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Yankees' Mariano Rivera, once a failed starting pitcher, is a Hall
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25 years ago, Mariano Rivera made the one great start -- yes
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Mariano Rivera's Baseball Hall of Fame induction in Cooperstown
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Mariano Rivera enters Baseball Hall of Fame after $170M career
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There will never be another
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New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera becomes first ever to be
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Baseball league funded by Mariano Rivera in jeopardy: At peril of
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Mariano Rivera's Unparalleled EQ Helped Him Become the First
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The inside story of unanimous Hall of Fame electee Mariano
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25 years ago, Mariano Rivera made the one great start -- yes
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Augustana University Pitcher Signs With Sioux Falls Canaries
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Mariano Rivera: A Zen Master With a Mean Cutter - The New York Times
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Mariano Rivera's 10 Greatest Moments of Hall of Fame Yankees