This year, Mariano Rivera sadly played his last All-Star game. He has always been dedicated to the game, and he did everything he could to make himself better. Rivera is one of those players who never gives up on any situation that he is in. It takes everything in your power to keep striving for your goals. Rivera always worked hard for everything he wanted. It takes a lot of time and energy to make the MLB. You have to be the best of the best to make a professional team. Rivera is a pitcher. Even though you pitch, that doesn't mean that you are going to pitch every game. There are usually more than five pitchers on a team. If you are in the MLB, you must be pretty good. You can imagine all of the hard work Rivera has been dedicated to do.
Rivera got real emotional on the mound of his last game. He almost started crying when he realized that this was his last game. When you have been doing something a long time, you get attached to it real easily. If your job is the sport that you love, you do not know what to do without it. If someones job is playing professional baseball, you know they have to love the game. There are practices after practices that you have to go to. That takes a lot of time off of your hands. I know how Mariano Rivera feels because I have been in his shoes before. It is hard if you get really close to something, and then all of a sudden you have to leave.
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