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Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969) is a Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed "Mo" [1] and "Sandman", [2] he spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons.
When Mariano Rivera was pitching for the New York Yankees, "Enter Sandman" was routinely used as his entrance music; Rivera himself was often nicknamed "Sandman". [54] "Enter Sandman" is used in the polka melody "Polka Your Eyes Out" for "Weird Al" Yankovic's 1992 album Off the Deep End.
For example, AC/DC's "Hells Bells" was the entrance music for Trevor Hoffman and Metallica's "Enter Sandman" filled the same role for Mariano Rivera. Some stadium anthems are popular in a particular region, or with a specific team because of a reference in the song's lyrics.
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Rivera's onetime New York Mets counterpart, Billy Wagner, also used "Enter Sandman" as his entrance music. After Wagner entered one of his first games as a Met – at Shea Stadium against the Washington Nationals on April 5, 2006 [ 79 ] [ 80 ] – and used "Enter Sandman" as his entrance music, Francesa, an avid Yankees fan, expressed his anger ...
When the Yankees' closer Mariano Rivera entered a game, he was accompanied by Metallica's "Enter Sandman". Since 1996, the Yankees' World Series championships were celebrated with the playing of Queen's "We Are the Champions" followed by Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York".
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The "Core Four" are former New York Yankees baseball players Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, and Mariano Rivera. Each member of the Core Four was a key contributor to the Yankees' late-1990s and early 2000s dynasty that won four World Series championships in five years, and a fifth in 2009.