42

I'm 42 years old.

Tonight, #42 for the New York Yankees threw his final pitch at Yankee Stadium.  Mariano Rivera, the last man in Major League Baseball to ever wear the number 42 on a daily basis, is a sports icon, a baseball legend, and a damned good example of everything a human being should be.  Humble, god fearing, family oriented and gracious, Mariano Rivera leaves this game better than he found it.  (Kinda like the anti-Alex Rodriguez)  Baseball fans (and Yankee fans especially) will miss his presence in the game for many years to come.  Larger than life?  No way. Mariano was exactly the right size.  He is a sterling representation of  what was still right in a game so horribly gone wrong.

We're gonna miss ya Mo.