NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 17: 2019 National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and former New York Yankee Mariano Rivera acknowledges the crowd as he stands next to his Hall of Fame plaque during a ceremony in his honor before a game between the Yankees and the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium on August 17, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Mariano Rivera etched his name into the history books on this day in 2009.
The last time the New York Yankees won a World Series, the Sandman became a baseball legend.