Mariano Rivera is…impossible to dislike.

CLEVELAND—It is two hours before the scheduled start of Wednesday night’s Yankees-Indians game, and baseball’s all-time saves leader is deep inside the bowels of Progressive Field, holding a marching band’s bass drum.

Mariano Rivera wants to know how the drum’s owner, John Adams, hits it when he’s really mad.

“When the Indians are supposed to score, and they don’t score, how do you hit it?” Rivera asks. [...]

When Rivera decided to retire, he ...

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New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, who is in line to become the most sought-after free agent next fall, has decided to change agents and walk away from Scott Boras, according to sources.

It remains to be seen whether this alters the trajectory of Canos talks with the Yankees, who have been trying to sign the star second baseman.

Indeed, Rodriguez’s career never has been in more doubt than it is today. His health and reputation are in tatters. He turns 38 in July. The incentives the Yankees included in his contract for “milestone” home runs now stand as even more awkward reminders that his achievements are fraudulent.

What will become of him? The Yankees would wish he never puts on their uniform again, writing him and his contract off to the insurance companies or, if they have the stomach for it, to try to ...