Rivera bobbleheads late to stadium

Updated: September 25, 2013, 2:12 PM ET
Associated Press

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AP Photo/Kathy WillensBobbleheads honoring Mariano Rivera arrived late to the stadium.

NEW YORK -- Mariano Rivera always enters late in the game. His bobblehead doll did the same thing.

The New York Yankees were forced to hand out vouchers for the giveaway honoring the career saves leader to the first 18,000 fans who arrived for Tuesday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays because of a transportation issue.

A public address announcement in the bottom of the third inning said the bouncy figurines were now available to be picked up.

The promotion comes on the opening night of the Yankees' final three-game home series of the regular season, a 7-0 loss to the Rays in which Rivera did not pitch.

Rivera said before the start of the season that 2013 would be his last as a player. The team retired Rivera's number in a 50-minute ceremony Sunday.


Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press

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