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Freak Injury May End Legend's Career

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AOL.COM - Feel sorry for Mariano Rivera. He is one of the game's great people as well as the undisputed greatest closer of all time. To see his season and perhaps career jeopardized by an injury suffered while shagging batting practice flies is beyond cruel. Unfair, devastating, even tragic. They all fit.

According to preliminary exams, Rivera suffered a torn ACL, which would end his season. The Yankees closer had expected to announce his future sometime at midseason, with most expecting he'd announce his retirement at the end of the 2012 season. click here to read more