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Cashman: Rivera's doing great
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DALLAS -- Mariano Rivera is in the clear.
"I've been told everything's fine," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Thursday morning.
Rivera had polyps removed from his vocal cords last Friday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. The polyps then were sent to a lab to be examined.
Speaking at a Salvation Army charity event the day before the surgery, Rivera said he...
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