It would be a rocking-chair tour for a guy who doesn't need a rocking chair, who saved 44 games in 2011, and from the looks of it could still offer two or three more splendid seasons.

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Rivera is not the type to want a glitzy rocking-chair farewell tour, but the Yankees said he intends to take a little time in each farewell stop to meet with people who love baseball as he does a longtime usher, or a family that has traveled from far away.

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From my rocking chair, the back lawn extended far down a steep grade ending at a trout pond and smelled new-mown.

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