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Rivera Retirement: David Robertson Is the Best Candidate to Be New Closer for NY

the official announcement supposed to be coming around the upcoming All-Star break, it's assumed across the baseball world that future Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera will announce that he will retire after the 2012 season.

Nobody in Yankee-Land wants him to go, but he most definitely deserves a happy retirement. Coming into the season, he has a Major League record 603 saves, a 2.21 ERA and 42 postseason saves.

The man has been the Yankees' full-time closer since 1997, and he's one of the most crucial parts to the teams' World Series runs.

Unfortunately for the Yankees, the team will have to worry about filling the vacancy in the closer's position this offseason (should he actually retire). They have been very lucky that for nearly 15 seasons ...

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