"Mariano Rivera has a problem.

The Yankees' iconic closer is coming off a rough week in which he had an uncharacteristic three straight rocky outings, including that blown save in Boston last Sunday and two games against the Angels where he served up home run balls. But that's not his problem.

Rivera has five blown saves this season, which equals his total for last year and is the second-most failures in his career. But that's not his problem, either. Nor was his career-high .242 batting average against after Thursday's game against the Angels in which he was victimized by Russell Branyan's three-run pinch-hit homer in the ninth inning of the Yankees' 6-5 win."