COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — It will be just like old times: Mariano Rivera closing out the day.
This time, however, he won’t have a baseball in his hand, but a speech to deliver, to somehow sum up a magnificent career that all great relievers will use as a measuring stick.
In another highlight to his storied career, Rivera will — of course — finish off a memorable day for one of the great Hall of Fame classes.
He will be the final of six Hall of Fame speakers addressing an expected capacity crowd behind the Clark Sports Center as the first player to get in unanimously.