Happy Birthday to Mariano Rivera

Baseball-Reference lists his birthday as November 29. Two years ago I posted on this blog that Bill Madden said it's really November 27th.

• Thanks also to HERB RAYBOURN, the Yankee scout who discovered Mariano in Panama, where he was actually a shortstop. He fooled around with pitching, & Raybourn noticed his now unrivaled smooth delivery.
• Mo's "signing bonus?" $2000.

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