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Boomer & Gio

Mariano Rivera Joins Us

Boomer & Gio

Audacy

News, Sports

4.2707 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Mariano Rivera joins us live at the MLB store in midtown Manhattan. He also has a hot sauce called ‘Mo’s Heat’. He talked about playing for the Yankees and not wanting to go to another team, even though he had offers.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Got a lot of people here excited because we have the greatest closer of all time, a Hall of Famer, a world champion, one of the greatest Yankees to ever pinstripes.

0:10.2

Very, very fortunate to be sitting next to on this feel-good Friday, Mariano Rivera.

0:16.3

Mariano, good morning.

0:17.2

How are you?

0:18.2

Gio, man, good morning.

0:19.6

Good morning.

0:20.0

I'm excited, man. I'm feeling great and excited for this day. Yeah, and we got hot sauce here, too. And I am a hot sauce guy. I'm so happy that I have this. I'm bringing this home and using this weekend. And this is the cutter here. Mo's heat, the cutter. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the one. This is the one. That's the baby, yes. All right, so the habanero pepper, and this is like Panamanian recipe, so this is something special, right? Yes, more than special. You know what I mean? Coming from Panama, a small town called Puerto Caymito, and then landing here in New York and being with the best thing it is. Yes. Sorry. Thank you.

0:56.4

I'm a Mets fan.

0:57.0

You know that.

0:57.8

You're a Yankee.

0:58.6

I get it.

0:59.1

I understand.

1:02.5

So, you know, I mean, I have the opportunity to play here.

1:06.7

I mean, the best place there is in the earth.

1:27.8

You know, and then bringing something out from also my hometown, Mo's heat. That's all right? It sounds good, Maureen. It sounds great. And by the way, as he sat up here, I said, you know, Mo, this is Al Dukes. I think you ripped the ball down third base when I was playing third base for our softball game. And what did Mo to me oh we got to get those games going again and I said Mo I said the same thing

1:32.0

but these guys quit on me one game a year sounds great

1:35.5

one years guys it's no it's no brainer anyway that that's as to me is something special

1:42.6

you know I brought everything that I have for New York and the New York fans

1:47.5

and bringing this back, you know, bringing Moles back is something special.

1:53.3

For me, it's something that I will never forget

1:56.4

and continue pushing forward to get this thing where they need to be.

2:00.0

Yankees are going to have this in Yankee Stadium?

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