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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he wants Mariano Rivera back next season. (Layne Murdoch/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has made it clear that this will be his last season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If Yankees manager Joe Girardi\u00A0had it his way, he would want Rivera to stay on another year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rivera, 43, is 4-2 with a 2.16 ERA and has converted 40 out 45 save opportunities this season, his 19th in the majors. He has\u00A0nine 40-save seasons, tying Trevor Hoffman's Major League record.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Girardi said he will try to convince the all-time saves leader to come back for the 2014 season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I don't see any reason why he couldn't do it next year, I don't,\" Girardi said to ESPN.com. \"He's made it pretty clear that he doesn't want to [return], but I always say, you know, January rolls around and sometimes you have a different feel about what you want to do.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I'm sure I'll talk to him at some point in the offseason,\" Girardi said, \"and ... I'll tell him when the season's over, 'Take a month. Take a month and a half, two months, and make sure this is really what you want to do. Because once you do go, it's hard to come back.'\"&lt;strong&gt;PHOTO GALLERY: Mariano Rivera's Farewell Tour Gifts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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