NEW YORK -- A few weeks ago, affixed to a corkboard in a hallway inside the cramped visitors clubhouse at Angel Stadium was one of the 34 iterations of a lineup the New York Yankees have used in the 35 games they've played this season.
As batting orders go, it was a far cry from any the Yankees entered spring training believing they'd use this season, let alone in the opening game of a three-city, nine-game West Coast swing.
But thanks to a bevy of spring training and in-season injuries, here they were, trotting out what looked like the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre stars with a three-man collection of big leaguers.