Emotional Mariano Rivera Crying at his farewell goodbye last game

NEW YORK -- Mariano Rivera said goodbye to Yankee Stadium with hugs, tears and cheers. Baseball's most acclaimed relief pitcher made an emotional exit in his final appearance in the Yankees' home pinstripes, when captain Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte came to the mound to remove him with two outs in the ninth inning of a 4-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night."It's time to go," Jeter appeared to tell Rivera.Rivera, who retired four straight batters, wiped his eyes with both arms as he walked off and blew a kiss to the first row behind the Yankees dugout. He hugged a tearful Girardi in the dugout, grabbed a towel to dab his own tears, and came out again and doffed his cap to the crowd. All the while, the Rays remained in their dugout applauding.Throughout the stands, fans blinked back tears.Rivera received a rare shout out from the Bleacher Creatures, who closed their nightly roll call with the chant of "Ma-ri-a-no!" before he tipped his cap from the dugout. The Rays took a 4-0 lead with two runs in the eighth against Dellin Betances, and with runners at first and second and one out, Joe Girardi called on the all-time saves leader to get out of the jam. Rivera jogged in from the bullpen as a recording of Bob Sheppard announced his entrance. The crowd stood and applauded - as did the Rays, who emerged from their dugout to give the closer a standing ovation of their own.In one heck of a tactical move by Yankees manager Joe Girardi, he brought Rivera into the game one last time in the eighth inning (watch that below), let him retire four batters, then took him out with two outs in the ninth inning. All so Rivera could get one last ovation from Yankee fans.