So. Mo's at-bat v the Braves didn't turn out to be his last after all...

• Only four days after MLB.com framed Mariano Rivera's at bat vs the Braves as the likely end of his batting career, he was in a batting helmet again. And, got an RBI. Some people forget--rushing Rivera out of the game just doesn't pay.

MLB.com reporter, 6/25/09: "But Rivera knew that, in the final years of his Major League career,

• this at-bat ...

• would probably be

• his last."...

If this is how Rivera's big league batting career ends,"....

• from MLB.com article, "Comic Relief: Mariano bats for Himself," by Bryan Hoch

from MLB boxscore, NYY v NYM, 6/28/09:

• "RBI: Teixeira 2 (60), Posada (33), Rivera, Ma (1).2-out RBI: Rivera, Ma.

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