The New York Yankees hosted their annual Old-Timers' Day on Saturday on a beautiful day in The Bronx. It gives New York fans a chance to see their favorite players from yesteryear on the field at the Stadium once again. But Saturday saw one of the greats in franchise history go down with a brutal injury. Yankees Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera injured his Achilles during Old-Timers' Day, and video from a fan has emerged.
Rivera is out in centerfield in the bottom of the first inning when he goes down in a heap. He pops back up, but immediately leaves the game. Roger Clemens later revealed on WFAN that he was in the hospital with an Achilles injury. His agent later confirmed the Achilles injury to The Athletics
This is nothing new for Rivera, who tore his ACL in 2012 while shaggin