Angel

Husband, Father, Veterinary Technician

[𝙏𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨 @tailgate_beers]

Who needs a cig? #BillsMafia #GoBills

[Angel @aalvt1971]

@STARZ Will @verizonfios be decreasing my bill proportional to the loss of 20+ channels?

[Fangirl for Football @fangirlfornfl]

Will be singing this for the foreseeable future 😂😂😂😂😂

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

47 years ago today, “Rapper’s Delight” by Sugarhill Gang was released

[Buffalo Bills @BuffaloBills]

BILLS WIN!!!!!!!

@MandT_Bank | #BUFvsHOU

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

In 2013, Mariano Rivera announced it was his last season.

Every team in baseball lined up to give him retirement gifts. A gold record. A rocking chair made from broken bats. A fire hose nozzle from the FDNY.

He accepted all of it.

But at every single ballpark, he asked for something else first.

He wanted to meet the employees.

Not the executives. Not the owners. The ushers, the ticket sellers, the custodians, the grounds crew. The people who show up at 6 a.m. and leave at midnight and never get thanked by anybody.

The Yankees' media relations director helped coordinate it, working with each team to pull together a group.

And Rivera did it at stop after stop, all season long, in his final year, at 43 years old, while still closing games.

Here's what he told about 20 Rangers employees in Arlington:

"We would never have a chance to see you guys, and that's why I wanted to do this. That was important to me, to make sure to thank those that work behind the scenes. No one sees them."

In Cleveland, he sat down with 25 staff members for half an hour before a game.

And partway through, he stopped and asked a question.

"Where's the drummer?"

For forty years, a man named John Adams had sat at the top of the bleachers in Cleveland with a bass drum, pounding out a beat to start rallies. Every home game. Four decades. He bought his own ticket for the seat next to him so the drum could sit there.

Adams raised a drumstick from the back of the room so Rivera could find him.

Rivera's response: "Hey, you the man. Being loyal, being there day in and day out. I really respect that."

At Fenway, he finally met a man named Baz who had been a fixture in that ballpark for decades. Baz afterward: "Pretty special. I've got tears in my eyes."

In Anaheim, where Rivera made his major league debut in 1995 and got his first career save in 1996, he sat with longtime Angels staffers and listened to their stories.

At every one of these, he took a photo with every single person and handed each of them a signed baseball.

His explanation of the whole thing:

"I want to be remembered as a player that gave for others. It's not that I'm better than anyone else; that's not true. I have been blessed and treat everybody the same because I wanted to be treated like that. With respect."

And this wasn't a farewell lap by a guy limping to the finish.

He saved 44 games that season with a 2.11 ERA at 43 years old. He pitched a scoreless inning at the All-Star Game, which kept his career All-Star ERA at 0.00 across thirteen appearances.

He finished with 652 saves, the most in the history of baseball, and a 0.70 postseason ERA that will probably never be approached.

In 2019 he became the first player ever elected to the Hall of Fame unanimously. Every single ballot.

Not Ruth. Not Mays. Not Aaron. Mariano Rivera.

The greatest closer who ever lived spent his last season making sure the people nobody notices got to be noticed once.

For more stories like this, follow us on any platform @thesportsontap

[End3of6Days9 (Helen) 🇺🇸 @end3of6days9]

His dog’s name is Pepper…

And right now Pepper is cheerfully following an entire family of skunks across the yard while dad is losing his mind in the background.

You can hear pure panic in his voice as he keeps yelling “come here” and "NO PEPPER", but Pepper has already made her choice.

Some dogs just collect the most ironic stories.

[Saffron Sniper @Saffron_Sniper1]

A homeless dog walked into a veterinary clinic and showed its wounded paw, hoping someone would help, and they did 🐾❤️

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

The Yankees mourn the loss of legendary broadcaster John Sterling. Our thoughts are with John’s family, friends and loved ones at this time.

[TONY™ @TONYxTWO]

Countries with the most civilian-held firearms per capita

Wait until you see where the U.S. lands 🇺🇸🔥

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

If they’re willing to die to assassinate, imagine what they will do if they gain political power

[Catturd ™ @catturd2]

LOL - funny because it's true.

[Buffalo Sabres @BuffaloSabres]

THE ATLANTIC IS OURS ⚔️

See you on home ice, sabrehood!

#LetsGoBuffalo | https://t.co/ZyAsCb55c4

[Buffalo Sabres @BuffaloSabres]

⚔️ THE BUFFALO SABRES ARE GOING TO THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS! ⚔️

#LetsGoBuffalo | #sabrehood

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

You need an ID to board a plane, buy cold medicine, or open a bank account. Requiring one to vote shouldn't be controversial. We need to pass the SAVE Act in the Senate.

[Hunter Eagleman™ @Hunter_Eagleman]

😂🤣😂

[Byl Holte @SirBylHolte]

To Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber, and every other scum-sucking celebrity saying "FUCK ICE" at the Grammys last night:

Congratulations, you just proved that Trump hasn’t canceled FREE SPEECH.

You also just proved that he’s not a dictator.

Because if he were, where do you think you’d be waking up this morning?

How do think a fascist dictator would treat a veritable ARMY of violent liberal opposition?

I’ll tell you:

You’d be waking up in a re-education camp instead of your Calabasas mansion.

You’d be scrubbing toilets for the state, not posting selfies with your “resistance” merch.

Your private jet would be CONFISCATED faster than you can say “tax the rich.”

Your Grammy speech would've been SHUT DOWN and you'd have been hauled off to prison.

Your “FUCK ICE” sign and your bullshit resistance pins would be Evidence Exhibit A at your show trial.

And yYour millions of fascist followers would be forced to UNFOLLOW YOU, or face the same fate.

But nope—here you all are, the morning after your TELEVISED REVOLUTION, still rich, still loud, still FREE.

Because fun fact: under Trump, we're more America than ever, and freedom of speech is what America stands for.

Keep proving the point, Hollywood.

It’s adorable.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 CHIEF OF CHICAGO POLICE NAILED IT: "Let me make this CLEAR! Federal agents, ICE, HSI, are officers. They are agents of law enforcement." 🇺🇸

"We need to be clear about these laws. We cannot become a society where we just decide to take everything in our own hands and start to commit crimes against law enforcement!"

"It is a crime. You may not like what they're doing. I can understand that there's a lot of emotions out there, but that does NOT mean that you get to commit a crime, especially one that could lead to deadly force."

"We need to keep everyone safe. Our responsibilities when it comes to federal agents, and I've been asked these questions, we do not interfere with the duties and responsibilities of federal agents." - stated in Oct. 2025

Even in CHICAGO, you can stand with ICE and all federal agents.

The Minneapolis Police Chief should be saying this RIGHT NOW.

[Steve 🇺🇸 @SteveLovesAmmo]

Not gonna lie, I would do this for hours and hours.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: It was just confirmed that Argentina President Javier Milei has a whopping 60% PERCENT APPROVAL

"LEFTISTS ARE SH*T! They will K*LL you! You can't give sh*t leftists an inch, they use it to destroy you. You can't NEGOTIATE with leftards."

HE'S A GREAT ALLY! 🇺🇸🇦🇷