COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The Baseball Hall of Fame is not just about talent and numbers. It is more than that. It is about strength, the inner strength it takes to survive and move forward in the major leagues.
That strength was on display Sunday in multiple ways at the Clark Sports Center in front of a crowd of 55,000 fans who came to see this Hall of Fame class, led by Mariano Rivera.
In every way Rivera is a product of that inner strength, coming from a small fishing village in Panama to become the greatest closer of all time.