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Around the World in 80 Ways is heavy on adventure, but unlike so many of Mariano's other TV appearances, there's no finish line or final Tribal Council to name a winner.

Around the World in 80 Ways: Rob Mariano Returns to Reality TV -- Where's the Finish Line? 2011

Villains in 2010 and "Boston Rob" Mariano's applauded Road to Redemption last spring, recruiting beloved former players for another tour of duty is becoming standard practice for the aging competition series.

Survivor: South Pacific: 3 Reasons We Already Want to Vote the Vets Off the Island 2011

For a White Sox fan like me, it's painful to watch Mariano's cutter when it's against my team, or to see the Yankees wrap up the pennant while the Sox are struggling on the South Side.

Obama welcomes Bronx Bombers to White House 2010

Throughout this season of Survivor: Redemption Island, Mariano's game play was equally praised and criticized for what many called his "cult-like" control over the rest of his Ometepe alliance.

Survivor Winner Boston Rob: "I'm Happy to Leave With the Way I Played" 2011

The 50-year-old firefighter also talked about Matt Elrod's struggle to survive on Redemption Island, how "Boston Rob" Mariano's alliance was "almost like a cult" and how she is doing following her house foreclosure.

Survivor's Julie: Stealing Phillip's Shorts Was "Not Such a Good Idea" 2011

It allowed him a showcase for more of that lovely sound, sweeping over Stott's "Erlkönig" - like opening of the second movement, echoing the darkness of the Gershwin Prelude No. 2 he played at the start, as the piano later echoed Mariano's "Cristal."

Music review: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott at the Kennedy Center Anne Midgette 2010

Luckily, Mariano's tenure -- which encompassed the final year of George H.W. Bush's term and the entirety of the Clinton administration -- was a relatively quiet one.

Book review of Connie Mariano's memoir "The White House Doctor" 2010

As far as juicy White House-insider commentary goes, Mariano's not much of a gossip.

Book review of Connie Mariano's memoir "The White House Doctor" 2010

But Hughes has outshined Joba's debut and is reminiscent of Mariano's lights out performance in '96 when he was shutting doors and bridging the gap to John Wetland.

Eugene Michael Santiago: Phil Hughes: The Truth 2009

No one in baseball can hit Mariano's splitter when he's on with it.

Here We Go Again The Daily Growler 2006