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Mariano Rivera dealt with plenty of adversity on the way to being baseball's greatest closer – New York Daily News
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October 1, 2004: Ichiro Suzuki breaks George Sisler's single-season record with 258th hit – Society for American Baseball Research
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Mariano Rivera dealt with plenty of adversity on the way to being baseball's greatest closer – New York Daily News
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John Blanchette: Overlooked no more – Edgar Martinez gets the national recognition he deserves with Hall of Fame induction
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