NY Yankees pitching legend
Mariano Rivera honored
New York Yankees pitching legend and 2019 fi rst-ballot Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera was honored at Marina del Rey on Saturday, November 16. Rivera, also a fi ve-time World
Series champion and the 1999 World Series Most Valuable Player, was honored for his career accomplishments. The event was also held to benefi t construction of the Mariano
Rivera Foundation’s upcoming learning center which will be built in New Rochelle and provide students with after school programs and resources.
Rivera was inducted into the Baseball
Hall of Fame earlier this year, and was
the fi rst player to ever be elected to the
hall of fame unanimously.
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Fomer New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine
(l) and former New York Yankees pitcher
and color commentator David Cone.
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Rivera (l) with Joe Kelleher.
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John Bonizio (l) with former New York
Yankees center fi elder Bernie Williams.
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Rivera (c) with Marine Corps servicemen. Photo by Aracelis Batista
(l-r) Actor Chazz Palminteri, Lisa Sorin and Elizabeth
Figueroa. Photo by Aracelis Batista
(l-r) Laura Schirripa, Rivera and actor Steve Schirripa from the Sopranos.
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(l-r) Tony Lo Bianco, Ronaldo ‘Copa’ Nistico and singer Sal ‘The Voice’ Valentinetti.
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