Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Rivera gets applause at Boston steak restaurant
7/22/13, "Mariano Rivera Received a Standing Ovation at a Boston Restaurant Over the Weekend," complex.com, Chris Yuscavage
"Over the last two decades, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has earned 57 saves against the Red Sox. So you would think
that Boston fans would be bitter and refuse to be a part of the
farewell tour that he's on right now as he prepares to call it quits at
the end of the 2013 MLB season. However, that's not the case.
On Saturday night, Rivera received a standing ovation at Fenway Park
as he entered the Yankees/Red Sox game in the bottom of the ninth
inning. And he received an even more surprising standing ovation just a
few hours later when he took his wife and kids to a local steakhouse
called Abe and Louie's. When he got up to leave his
table at the end of the night, a few tables full of people clapped for
him. Then, a few more joined in. And before he knew it, practically the
entire place was standing and applauding him.
"At one point, it finally came to a crescendo," Fox baseball analyst Kenny Albert, who was seated in the restaurant at the time, told the Wall Street Journal yesterday. "Basically, the entire restaurant was clapping for him.""...
7/20/13, Rivera signs for fans in Boston before game, USA Today photo
