<p>BALTIMORE -- The Orioles presented Mariano Rivera with his latest retirement gift as he makes a final pass through the American League, honoring the longtime Yankees closer in a pregame ceremony on Thursday night at Camden Yards.</p><p>Baltimore commissioned a sculpture depicting a baseball shattering a bat, following a theme echoed by several other clubs in paying tribute to the all-time saves leader. Rivera was hugged on the field by Orioles manager Buck Showalter, who was his first big league skipper with the 1995 Yankees.</p><p>The Orioles said that the sculpture was produced by Omri Armany and his son, Itamar, of The Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt-Amrany in Highland, Ill. They have produced numerous other sports-related pieces, including sculptures of Michael Jordan and Vince Lombardi.</p><p>The bronze was cast at the Alchemist Foundry in Kalamazoo, Mich., and had an accompanying plaque reading:</p><p><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130912&content_id=60400228&notebook_id=60409988&vkey=notebook_nyy&c_id=nyy">Keep reading...</a></p>