Painting of Rivera at 2005 Opening Day, Bullpen Rubber, Autographed No. 42 Placard of the Scoreboard, 1934 Blue Seat, and a Donation to the Mariano Rivera Foundation – Boston Red Sox, September 15

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Boston would.  The Red Sox clearly one upped everyone else, giving Mo an unnecessary amount of gifts, all to the tune of a cello quartet playing “Enter Sandman” in the background.  Technically, this monstrous display wins the competition in terms of grand gestures, but we’re not happy about it.  If it were up to us, Minnesota would be number one.

That was easy: