[applause] [cheering and applause] thank you very much everybody. The sandman. My wife asked me why are you the sandman just tell me and our first lady and i said you put the batter to sleep. Right . The sandman. A lot of people dont know that but the yankee fans know that. We watched you for a long time and thank you all for coming. The first lady and i are delighted to welcome you to the white house today we present our nations highest honor, the president ial medal of freedom to american baseball legend and may be the greatest pitcher of all time, big argument is he the greatest pitcher or greatest reliever . There is a question he may be the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball. Mariano rivera. When you hear the stats you will understand why i say that. Mariano, i want to congratulate you on the six ordinary achievement. On behalf of this whole country, thank you very much. Great job. [applause] we are delighted to be joined by our Vice President , mike pence, and his wonder