After winning four championships between 1996 and 2000, the early 2000s New York Yankees managed to field some competitive teams that fell short of the ultimate goal until 2009, when the club lifter its 27th and last trophy to date.
During the second half of that decade, a young Yankees’ pitcher managed to make his way into the team’s plans until injury and performance forced him out of the picture, precisely, after the 2009 season: Chien-Ming Wang.
The sinkerballer from Taiwan, who threw the pitch almost exactly two thirds of the time during his career (66.