THE SANDMAN CONFIRMS HE'S CLOSE

In a piece from Bryan Hoch, HERE, it has been confirmed by Mariano Rivera that his knee is at 95%.  Nice!

According to Hoch: "Rivera spoke on Saturday at the Frozen Ropes baseball academy in Danbury, Conn., where he worked with a group of about 150 children on the basics of his craft."

Mariano said of the state of his knee, "It’s not 100 percent. It would be, I would say, 95 percent... By the time Spring Training starts, it’ll feel 100 percent … It needs more strengthening. The five percent will come quick.”

I'm looking forward to watching Mo run out from the bullpen in the 9th... so exciting.

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