2009 was a year of fun memories. The Yankees won the World Series with an almost ideal cast of familiar faces and exciting new additions leading the way to a championship. Today we’ll look at one particular regular season at-bat that is most remembered in the context of the game in which a Yankees legend made history.
On June 19th of that season, the Yankees were playing a Subway Series matchup against their cross-city rivals, the New York Mets. Mariano Rivera was one save away from reaching 500 for his career, a milestone of extreme significance.