Rivera Is Aching, but Yankees Can't Agree Where It Hurts  —  TORONTO — Mariano Rivera pitched four times in five days before the Yankees were eliminated from playoff contention this week.  On Thursday, he left the team to return to New York for a magnetic resonance imaging exam on his right shoulder.

Giambi wants to re-sign with Yankees  —  TORONTO - Jason Giambi's seven seasons in pinstripes have run the gamut.  He had 40-homer, 100-RBI seasons his first two years before being diagnosed with an intestinal parasite and a benign tumor and testifying to a grand jury that he had used steroids.

Cranky, cranky, everybody is cranky  —  I'll try to explain this as simply as I can.  —  Before the game, Joe Girardi told us that Mariano Rivera went back to New York to get his standard end-of-the-season physical.  He wasn't going to pitch anyway, the manager said, because he had a “cranky body.”

GIAMBI WANTS TO REMAIN WITH YANKEES  —  TORONTO - The Yankees haven't made Jason Giambi an offer, but according to the first baseman, they have been asking what he wants to do next year.  —  “I talked to Cash (GM Brian Cashman), and he asked me if I was interested (in returning) …

Rain could scramble Mets' schedule  —  If there is anything harder to predict than how the National League wild-card race will end, it is when it will end.  An ominous forecast for New York for Friday night could mean a doubleheader Saturday — and another rainout then could bring a new meaning to “wild.”

Pedro tips his cap to Mets fans  —  In what could be his final Shea start, righty solid against Cubs  —  NEW YORK — If the Mets' season ends this weekend or in a tiebreaker game on Monday, Shea Stadium probably had its final glimpse of Pedro Martinez pitching in a home white uniform.