Mariano Rivera speaks to Mets fans in final visit at Citi Field

Mariano Rivera's retirement tour continued Monday with the iconic final player in baseball ever to wear No. 42 seated in front of a giant blue version of his number inside the Jackie Robinson Rotunda at Citi Field.

Just as he’d done in his final stops in other big-league cities this season, Rivera met with a small group of Mets season-ticket holders and stadium workers to thank them for the support and respect they’ve shown him throughout his Cooperstown-bound career.

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“It makes me feel good because they respect the game and respect you as a person and they respect what you do,” Rivera said. “All they want to say is thank you. They were thanking me for doing my job, I guess. They respect the game and you do your job and you represent the organization the way I have done it, thank God, those are the answers or remarks you’re going to get. Not that I’m better than anyone else, but that’s what I’m getting here.”

Rivera, who is expected to be presented with a gift by the Mets before Tuesday’s game, answered questions from a group of about 18 people shortly before signing dozens of autographs behind home plate during batting practice.

While he has built his reputation as baseball’s all-time saves leader playing on the other side of town, the 43-year-old Rivera said he “can’t say nothing bad” about how Mets fans have treated him through the years.

“Playing here for so many years against each other, I mean, we had some good times, and some tough losses here,” Rivera said. “At the same time, it’s been great. They’ve always been respectful and appreciate what we do.”

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Rivera, the last player to wear 42, sits in front of the number honoring Jackie Robinson at Citi Field.

Rivera said Mets fans he encounters usually bring up the 2000 World Series between the teams, which the Yankees won in five games, and this meet-and-greet was no different.

Rivera told the group that he never believed Mike Piazza’s series-ending fly ball had a chance to be a home run in Game 5 at Shea Stadium because the Mets’ great connected “too high on the bat.

“As a pitcher, you know. Hitters know, too,” Rivera said. “He gave the best. You talk about Mike Piazza, he was one of the greatest catchers. . . . But it was good.”

Asked for his other memories from that series, Rivera also invoked the name of former Mets outfielder Benny Agbayani, who had predicted before the series started that the Mets would win in five games. “Never give ammunition,” Rivera said to the fans.

“When you’re playing sports, you should never say you’re going to do. If you’re gonna do it, you better do it.”

Few players in baseball ever have done it better than Rivera, who hasn’t blown a save in 18 opportunities this season to up his career total to 626. The 12-time All-Star has 20 saves in 22 chances in 33 regular-season appearances against the Mets. Those numbers include two saves in two ballparks on the same day in 2000 and the 500th save and only career RBI in the same game at Citi Field in 2009.

“They’re all different. They all have their own personalities,” Rivera said of his ongoing series of retirement sendoffs. “It’s wonderful, to say thank you and be able to hear what they think of you or what they think about the game. . . . I heard more thanks, instead of me saying thanks.”