Here's an interesting piece of trivia

[totus44]

The Yankees could open the year with a rotation featuring five pitchers whose names end in the letter -a (Sabathia, Kuroda, Tanaka, Nova, Pineda).

 

[Hammerojustice]

Ok........

 

[totus44]

Yeah I know....waiting for pitchers and catchers to report is a bitch.

 

[Messiah717]

I always forget about Pineda.

 

[Rick2583]

I always forget about Pineda.

Considering he STILL hasn't thrown a pitch for the Yankees, so has everybody else.

 

[mrmel29]

I'm still hoping for Banuelos to fulfill his promise next year

 

[Hammerojustice]

Would we call it the "A-line"?

 

[Rick2583]

The Yankees could open the year with a rotation featuring five pitchers whose names end in the letter -a (Sabathia, Kuroda, Tanaka, Nova, Pineda).

Totus you have WAY to much time on your hands.

 

[totus44]

Hey, it was a bullet point on RAB, I just cleaned it up.

As to what to call them, I hoping for 5 "A"ces!

 

[Hammerojustice]

And I wouldn't call it trivia or even a fact but more a possible scenario...

 

[totus44]

Well if I asked the question...name the only starting rotation in MLB history where all the pitchers last names ended in the letter 'A'....that's the trivia.

Now the letter 'N' would be much more common.

 

[Hammerojustice]

Well if I asked the question...name the only starting rotation in MLB history where all the pitchers last names ended in the letter 'A'....that's the trivia.

Now the letter 'N' would be much more common.

I get that, but that exact rotation hasn't pitched yet so it's potential...

 

[totus44]

Thanks for the clarification, hammer of semantics.

 

[Hammerojustice]

I try...