Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mariano Rivera

Original - New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera pitches in 2007.

Reason: Likely first ballot Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera is perfectly captured here. No motion blur, a perfect frozen image of an all time great (probably) about to strike some poor batter out.
Articles this image appears in: Mariano Rivera, Closer (baseball)
Creator: Keith Allison

Support as nominator --Staxringold _talk^contribs 15:59, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, per nom. Great shot. –blurpeace ^(talk) 17:24, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support agreed. Best picture of a baseball player that I have seen in a while. -- mcshadypl ^T ^C 04:59, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A pretty good action shot. There is some noise on the background, but it doesn't seem to have significantly tainted the main subject, so I'd prefer if this were accepted as is (unless someone wants to mask off the background and NR background only). Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:35, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support good technical standard, among the best images of a living person on Wikipedia. Guest9999 (talk) 03:27, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per others --Childzy ¤ Talk 10:04, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Captures the action wonderfully. Mostlyharmless (talk) 00:30, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Great work of photography - it is detailed and sharply captures Rivera, who is in rapid motion in the photo. Y2kcrazyjoker4 (talk) 18:02, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. High quality, great photo. Ultimate FP stuff. - Darwinek (talk) 11:02, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mariano Rivera allison 7 29 07.jpg --jjron (talk) 08:24, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]