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Of course it should not end like this. For Mariano Rivera, the most dignified, humblest star in sports, it should end with a championship celebration, swarmed by joyous Yankees teammates, basking again in glory. That is the fairy tale, but with Rivera, who defied age and injury and decline for so long, it always seemed possible.
Even if Rivera were to lose his final game, well, we have seen that before, too. His rare failures humanized him. If another team had beaten Rivera in the normal course of competition, even in October, it would not have hurt this way.
This just feels so incongruous, Rivera crumpling...
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