Rivera, Mariano, 1969-

The closer : [my story] / Mariano Rivera with Wayne Coffey. - 1st ed. - New York : Little Brown & Co., 2014. - viii, 280 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Prologue -- Fish and consequences -- Water torture -- Two buses, nine pitches -- Gulf Coast revelation -- Worst cut -- The call -- Relief and belief -- Shades of '27 -- Spirit and summit -- New York, New York -- The day the world changed -- Trophy -- Plans -- Losses -- Cheers and jeers -- Count me out -- Closing time -- New digs and old feelings -- Passages -- Wounded knee -- Exit Sandman -- Epilogue: Refuge of hope.

Mariano Rivera tells his story for the first time: the championships, the bosses (including the Boss), the rivalries, the struggles of being a Latino baseball player in the United States, and of maintaining Christian values in professional athletics. The twelve-time All-Star will discuss what it's like to run up to that mound with the game, or the season squarely on his shoulders.

ISBN: 0316400734 9780316400732 9780316400749 (paperback)

LCCN: 2014934754

Subjects--Personal Names:
Rivera, Mariano, 1969-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Relief pitchers (Baseball)--United States--Biography.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Pitching (Baseball)
Baseball players--Panama--Biography.

Dewey Class. No.: 796.357/092