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Five years after leading the Florida Marlins to a title, and two years after lifting Detroit to a pennant, Iván Rodríguez becomes the regular catcher for the Yankees.

The tandem of José Veras, Kyle Farnsworth and Mariano Rivera stifled the Mets on one hit over the final three innings to protect Andy Pettitte’s lead.

Slumping Derek Jeter’s home run broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth inning on Friday, and Kyle Farnsworth got the save to beat the Houston Astros.

Kyle Farnsworth was successful in appealing a three-game suspension for throwing a pitch behind the head of Manny Ramirez, and served a reduced one-game suspension on Friday.

Kyle Farnsworth threw a first-pitch fastball at 97 miles an hour behind the head of Boston’s Manny Ramírez after Ramírez had hit two home runs against the Yankees.

Manny Ramírez eclipsed the Yankees’ Lou Gehrig on the career home run list with his 494th, en route to the Red Sox’ victory.

Brian Cashman has no restrictions on how to deploy Kyle Farnsworth, whom Joe Torre rarely played on consecutive days.