Mariano Rivera reflected upon his childhood in Panama, where he grew up in a tiny hamlet called Puerto Caimito, the second oldest of four children to Mariano Sr., a fisherman, and Delia.

And Mariano Rivera, like others before him, ... His childhood friends remember how Rivera hated to lose. When his team was behind, he’d throw the ball in the ocean and call it a tie.

"He really appreciates Mariano and says he wants to be like Mariano Rivera," Segura said. During his own childhood, professional baseball was not in Rivera’s universe.

Mariano Rivera, the legendary closer for the Yankee’s, was welcomed into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 21, 2019. Rivera, who announced his retirement on March 9, 2013, is expected to enter ...

Make that five World Series rings — and one Presidential Medal of Freedom. Legendary Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor by President Trump durin… ...