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Mariano Rivera III the Shining Star of Nationals' Growing HOF Bloodlines

The kid from Iona had a good arm—good enough to light up a radar gun at 95 mph, good enough to attract major league scouts and eventually good enough to convince the Washington Nationals to draft him and give him $410,700.

The kid had a good arm, but plenty of kids have good arms, and this kid didn't stand out enough that you'd know his name.

Except that in his case, you do know his name, because you've been hearing it for years.

The kid is Mariano Rivera III, and he's just three games into his professional career, three games and a total of eight innings for the Auburn Doubledays of the New York-Penn League.