{"id":26607,"date":"2019-07-22T13:28:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T18:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=26607"},"modified":"2019-07-22T13:30:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T18:30:39","slug":"rivera-honors-family-native-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/rivera-honors-family-native-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivera honors family, native Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rivera-hall-of-fame.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26608\" src=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rivera-hall-of-fame.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rivera-hall-of-fame.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rivera-hall-of-fame-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rivera-hall-of-fame-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rivera-hall-of-fame-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I post this article, a tear of pride comes to my eye and once again the country of my birth stands out from the crowd!<\/p>\n<p>As he reached the final stages of his induction speech, Mariano Rivera\u2019s voice rose a few octaves and his pace grew quicker. He was in his element, delivering most of the final pitch of his speech in his native language, making himself as comfortable as he once did throwing his beloved cut-fastball.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez was in a zone, feeding off the thousands of Yankees fans in attendance and the hundreds of proudly waving his native Panama\u2019s flags among the second largest crowd to attend a Baseball Hall of Fame induction.<\/p>\n<p>Even boxing champ Roberto Dur\u00e1n, the man Rivera declared the country\u2019s greatest legend, had a miniature Panamanian flag attached to the back of his black hat Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo all of the Panamanian people, all Latin American fans, this is yours,\u201d Rivera said. \u201cThank you. I love you a lot in a very special way. God bless you in a great manner. Thanks for letting me grow up in that beautiful Republic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for Puerto Caimito, my people of Puerto Caimito, my family that I have there in Puerto Caimito. Thank you because you showed me how to live, taught me how to accept values. Thank you to my parents for raising me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rivera capped the induction ceremonies, following the five other members of the 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame class \u2013 Mariners legend Edgar Martinez of Puerto Rico, the late Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina, Harold Baines and Lee Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera, who was raised in the tiny fishing village of Puerto Caimito, spent most of his 25-minute speech acknowledging family, teammates, his agent and friends who helped him become the all-time saves leader and arguably the greatest closer in baseball history.<\/p>\n<p>Before an estimated crowd of 55,000 at the Clark Sports Center, Rivera also paid tribute to his wife, parents and children. Rivera, who spent his entire 20-year career with the Yankees, made special mention of his former manager Joe Torre and teammate Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Bernie Williams.<\/p>\n<p>He also thanked Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo, who sat near Rivera\u2019s family next to former boxing champ Roberto Dur\u00e1n, the famed \u201cManos de Piedra\u201d or Hands of Stone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething special that I learned to do was to always represent Panama wherever I went and give my best for Panama,\u201d Rivera said in Spanish. \u201cThank you to Mr. President Laurentino Cortizo, who joins me. Our legend Hands of Stone Dur\u00e1n, thank you, thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With each mention of Panama, his countrymen waved their flags more frantically and cheered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mariano-hall-of-fame.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26609\" src=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mariano-hall-of-fame.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mariano-hall-of-fame.jpg 568w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mariano-hall-of-fame-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>True to his reputation, Rivera was seemingly committed to thanking everybody. That\u2019s an exaggeration, of course, but only a slight one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is Mariano,\u201d President Cortizo said. \u201cThat is what makes him different. He\u2019s a simple person, humble and spiritually strong. I\u2019m sure that intimately with his family, that strength comes from the Lord. He\u2019s a spiritual man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndependently of his great fame, he remains how he is, a simple person. That\u2019s what makes him great. We have to learn from people like Mariano. All this, for example, all of us going into government, this is passing. This isn\u2019t eternal. So let\u2019s do things right. Mariano has done it well, and I feel very happy, very, very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three greatest athletes in Panama history were all in attendance Sunday. Rod Carew, the 18-time All-Star and seven-time batting champion was on the stage with the rest of the Hall of Famers.<\/p>\n<p>Carew became the first Panamanian in the Hall of Fame in 1991. Twenty-eight years later, Rivera joined him.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is Roberto Duran.<\/p>\n<p>Dur\u00e1n was near the front row of the VIP section next to President Cortizo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Panama this is very big,\u201d Dur\u00e1n said. \u201cRemember, Panama is small. And the fewer we are, the bigger we are. That\u2019s why with Mariano Rivera, we\u2019re happy he\u2019s in the Hall of Fame. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoberto Dur\u00e1n is also in a Hall of Fame. I\u2019ve been in five Halls of Fame. This is more pride in Panama from the few athletes that we have in Panama. To get where we\u2019ve gone, we have to thank God. I\u2019m very happy that Mariano Rivera has entered the Hall of Fame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rivera is the first unanimous selection to the Hall of Fame on the Baseball Writers\u2019 Association of America ballot. He stands alone in the category, receiving the 100 percent that even the legendary Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb couldn\u2019t garner.<\/p>\n<p>There might be some debate whether Carew, Rivera or Dur\u00e1n is the greatest athlete in Panama history. One thing was clear, however, from watching him turn his focus to his countrymen by speaking in his native language for more than two minutes near the end of his speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s Panamanian,\u201d Dur\u00e1n said proudly. \u201cHe\u2019ll die a Panamanian, continues to be Panamanian. Even though he lives in the United States, he\u2019ll always be welcomed and very beloved in Panama. Mariano Rivera, that\u2019s how it is.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re all very happy that Mariano has entered the Hall of Fame, and I\u2019m happy about that fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavidabaseball.com\/mariano-rivera-legend-matchup\/\" target=\"_top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hero \" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavidabaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mariano-Rivera-HOF-Weekend-300x170.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-embed-heading\">It was long ago established that Mariano Rivera\u2019s cut-fastball was the greatest pitching weapon of the modern era. 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