NY YANKEE LEGEND MARIANO RIVERA TO BE HONORED CELEBRITIES AND SPORTS ICONS TO JOIN THOUSANDS AT GALA TO BENEFIT NEW YORK SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Legendary New York Yankees Closer and five time World Series Champion Mariano Rivera will join celebrities, sports icons, former-teammates, family, and friends, to be honored for his unanimous, first-ballot induction into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 6PM, at Marina del Rey, 1 Marina Drive, Bronx, NY.
All funds raised at the gala will go towards construction costs of a first-of-its-kind “Learning Center” to serve New York’s undeserved communities, offering life changing educational services, after school programs, and youth sports to children in impoverished areas.
The gala is anticipated to raise hundreds-of-thousands of dollars to benefit children in need.
Following were in attendance to help with the cause, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera, Comedian Bobby Collins, Model and Actress Carol Ann Alt, Members of .
/16/”>the Steinbrenner Family Including Haley Swindal, Actor, Producer, and Screenwriter Chazz Palminteri, Singer Sal “The Voice” Valentinetti, Sopranos Star Steve Schirripa, MLB ./16/”>Network Anchor and Radio Personality Ed Randall, Jimmy Vali Orchestra, New York Yankees Legend Bernie Williams, Former New York Yankee Teammates and New York Sports Icons and many Celebrity Surprise Guests.
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Mariano Rivera, (born November 29, 1969, Panama City, Panama), Panamanian baseball player who was widely considered the greatest reliever of all time. As a member (1995–2013) of the New York Yankees, he won five World Series titles (1996, 1998–2000, and 2009).
Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed “Mo” and “Sandman”, he spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees’ closer for 17 seasons. A thirteen-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, he is MLB’s career leader in saves (652) and games finished (952).
Rivera won five American League (AL) Rolaids Relief Man Awards and three Delivery Man of the Year Awards, and he finished in the top three in voting for the AL Cy Young Award four times.
He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of its class of 2019 in his first year of eligibility, and was the first player ever to be elected unanimously by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA).
We had the pleasure of interviewing , Mariano Rivera at his MARIANO RIVERA GALA, at the Marina Del Rey, in the Bronx.
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