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Newsday: Davidoff: Yankees in need of a killer-instinct rotation

Sorta like when Brady and Hindley or Gerald & Charlene Gallego had their rotations going…

What the Yankees missed most of all in 2008, you sense from talking to people around the team, is that intimidation factor one gets only from possessing a strong, deep starting rotation.

When the Yankees rode the bus from their Toronto hotel to the Rogers Centre, for instance, and knew they would have to deal with Roy Halladay, A.J. Burnett and Dustin McGowan (before his injury) in the next three days, it took something out of them before they even saw a pitch.

So even though the Yankees allowed fewer runs (727) this past season than they did in 2007 (777), they lacked the pitchers - either big names or big stuff - who made clubs dread coming to the ballpark.

That’s what they’re trying to recapture, in addition to the obvious: tangible improved pitching.

Repoz Posted: November 23, 2008 at 03:36 PM | 15 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Valentine Posted: November 23, 2008 at 04:02 PM (#3014515)

It's been years since anybody feared the Yankees pitchers. Their lineup is another story...

2. Chris Needham Posted: November 23, 2008 at 04:19 PM (#3014516)

Wouldn't it just be cheaper to have them grow some really scary goatees?

3. Valentine Posted: November 23, 2008 at 04:35 PM (#3014518)

Are ripped muscle shirts showing death-head tattoos allowable under the Yankees dress code?

4. Heinie Mantush (Krusty) Posted: November 23, 2008 at 04:38 PM (#3014519)

Wouldn't it just be cheaper to have them grow some really scary goatees?

Are ripped muscle shirts showing death-head tattoos allowable under the Yankees dress code?

Whatcha gonna do when the New York Hulksters run wild on you, brother!?

5. thetailor Posted: November 23, 2008 at 07:07 PM (#3014544)

Maybe Jim Rice could pitch for them and up their FEAR rating.

6. jwb Posted: November 23, 2008 at 08:22 PM (#3014575)

Bob ####### Gibson.

7. Melo's Love Handles (NJ) Posted: November 23, 2008 at 09:10 PM (#3014593)

Hmmm, Fulgore, Cindor, Jago, Riptor, and Sabrewulf might just be the rotation to get the job done.

8. Juan V Posted: November 23, 2008 at 09:13 PM (#3014594)

I was thinking Orchid, to flash opposing batters in key situations. Or is that closer material?

9. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: November 23, 2008 at 10:23 PM (#3014603)

In other words, less Aura and Mystique, more Death and Pestilence.

10. Crispix Attacks Posted: November 23, 2008 at 10:54 PM (#3014607)

I don't know what 7 and 8 are talking about, but they sound like the different poses from "Zoolander".

The Yankees could teach their pitchers Blue Steel and Magnum for high-leverage situations.

11. Hugh Jorgan Posted: November 23, 2008 at 11:16 PM (#3014612)

So even though the Yankees allowed fewer runs (727) this past season than they did in 2007 (777), they lacked the pitchers

O.K., its early here and maybe I'm not awake yet, but the staff allowed 50 fewer runs than the previous year and he's complaining that they don't have pitchers getting it done? Its all Arods fault, he's not clutch enough...

12. akrasian Posted: November 24, 2008 at 12:21 AM (#3014621)

Is he on the Yankees payroll, providing justification why they will spend their money on pitching this offseason, and not Teixeira?

13. willcarrolldoesnotsuk Posted: November 24, 2008 at 03:01 AM (#3014644)

Is this the Onion?

The Yankees need enough extra intangibles, which we will now call tangibles, to make up for fifty runs, which we will no longer refer to as tangible.

14. depletion Posted: November 24, 2008 at 03:13 AM (#3014647)

Carl Mays is coming back?

15. alskor Posted: November 24, 2008 at 03:45 AM (#3014660)

It's been years since anybody feared the Yankees pitchers. Their lineup is another story...

Right. Its only been like, 9-10 months since people stopped fearing the Yankee lineup.

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