Nov 05, 2009 8:37 PM EST

The Yankees bucked the trend of recent history by successfully using a three-man rotation.

Since 1999, starting pitchers on short rest were 9-28 in the postseason against pitchers with normal four days' rest.

Also, the last team to win a World Series of more than four games using just three starting pitchers was the Minnesota Twins in 1991 with Jack Morris, Kevin Tapani and Scott Erickson.

Via New York Daily News