Standing inside London’s Finsbury Park in late June, Mariano Rivera was asked to describe his Hall of Fame career in one word.
As he surveyed a group of youth who had finished learning from Rivera and other Yankee greats at a clinic, Rivera simply said, “Amazing.’’
Quick.
Accurate.
Just like how he worked the ninth inning.
My first year at The Post was 1997, the season Rivera was installed as John Wetteland’s replacement. The Yankees had seen enough of Rivera on the way to the 1996 World Series title — of which Wetteland was the MVP — to let Wetteland split via free agency.