The greatest closer of them all is set to receive the nation’s highest civilian honor.
On Monday, New York Yankees great Mariano Rivera will receive the Presidential Medal of Honor from Donald Trump.
Rivera, 49, is not only baseball’s all-time saves leader, but he’s also the first and only man to ever be unanimously voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this past summer.
Tallying 652 regular-season saves is only the tip of the iceberg with one of the great No. 42’s. His postseason production over the years boggles the mind (0.