Tuesday, November 12, 2013

The Yankees will be visiting Mariano Rivera in Panama next spring, and the Miami Marlins are coming with them.

The Yankees and Marlins are expected to announce in the coming weeks that the two teams will get together for a pair of exhibition games at Rod Carew National Stadium in Panama City March 15th and 16th.

This news was first reported by Juan C. Rodriguez of the Sun Sentinel in Miami, Florida.

Rivera, who spent 19 seasons with the Yankees, was just one of 53 native Panamanians to appear in the majors, including a handful is still active players like Bruce Chen, Carlos Ruiz, Manny Corpas, Ruben Tejada, Randall Delgado and Christian Bethancourt.

There's no doubt that Rivera will be celebrated by the Yankees and Panama as part of the festivities, and he been saying that the Yankees should find their way down to his home country of Panama for a game or two. He's finally getting his wish.

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