Sunday, May 29, 2011

No Mo In '14?

Read a piece in the paper today (NY Post) that Yankees great Mariano Rivera went to the Mexico-Ecuador soccer match at Qwest Field in Seattle yesterday afternoon prior to the Yanks-Mariners tilt that night at Safeco Field.
OK, not my first choice if I was in Seattle but I guess Mariano enjoyed the high scoring 1-1 tie.
Mariano also said that he wanted to go to the World Cup in Brazil in 2014. OK, I guess he likes soccer, or futbol to the rest of the world. Then it hit me, like a wayward A.J. Burnett fastball. The World Cup is played in the summer. Don't the Yankees also play in the summer?
In 2014 Mariano will be 44. The thought that he might actually be retired by then is still difficult to fathom. He still looks great (not last night when he got a rare loss in the M's 5-4, 12-inning win) and it seems like he could pitch forever. So Mariano not playing in 2014? NOOOOOO!
It will be tough to take for Yankee fans when the great Mariano calls it a career.

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