Dibble has complex about Mariano Rivera---makes comment about 'ego'

I try to avoid this subject as it's constant, but Dibs had to bring up out of thin air a comment about Mariano Rivera's ego-- nothing to back up his assertion whatsoever. Very few in mass media are really familiar with Mariano Rivera except Charley Steiner. Dibs is a great radio talent, one of the few, but I doubt he'll ever be able to see Rivera realistically. Here's a recent report about Rivera entitled "EGO FREE:" (Dibs will understand the Metallica reference):

• "EGO FREE: Just when the New York media tried to whip up a pseudo-controversy over new Mets closer Billy Wagner using the same entrance anthem as Mariano Rivera - Metallica's Enter Sandman - the Yankees closer defused it by saying he likes Wagner and doesn't mind. Both closers started using the song in 1999, although Rivera had never heard it before and still prefers Christian music. Said Rivera: "I think it's funny. ... If the guy feels comfortable using the song, let him be."

This was in the San Jose Mercury News. (I'm just guessing the writer of the above paragraph was using license with the word 'defused.') (8/08, re-reading this post, I modified it so as to be mainly factual without so much assertion, as was my habit in the early days of this blog.

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