# The Closer

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- Book: [The Closer](https://www.bookquiver.com/mo/the-closer) ([The Closer.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mo/the-closer.md))
- Authors: [Mariano Rivera](https://www.bookquiver.com/mo), [Michael Kay](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-kay)
- Publisher: back_bay
- ISBN: 978-03-1640-074-9
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2015-05-28
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

While he is listed along with Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig, and DiMaggio as a top-five Yankee of all time, Rivera is also a man of God and family whose contributions to charity and community ensure a meaningful life long after his time as The Closer is over. He is the man who has intimidated thousands of batters by merely opening a bullpen door. Now he will tell his story for the first time: the championships, the bosses (including The Boss), the rivalries, the struggles of being a Latino baseball player in the United States, and of maintaining Christian values in professional athletics. The 12-time All-Star will discuss what it's like to run up to that mound with the game--or the season--squarely on his shoulders.