Newly elected Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera discusses his Panamanian origin and what his roots mean to him
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- 2019
- Hall Of Fame
- New York Yankees
- Interview
- Mariano Rivera
NEW YORK -- Twenty-eight summers have passed since Mariano Rivera packed his bags and hugged his family in the Panamanian town of Puerto Caimito, his pockets filled with $3,000 of Yankees bonus money and a plane ticket that would carry the young right-hander to his new life in the Gulf Coast League.