Yes, New York's infatuation with its New York-ness is hopeless and mostly annoying, but in this instance it is really true: There is no hothouse quite like the Yankee hothouse, and to remain emotionally intact, as Rivera has done for so many years, should be held up as some kind of marvel alongside those freakish numbers for saves (608) and postseason earned-run average (0.70).

WSJ: Jason Gay: The Lesson of Mariano Rivera