The Yankees today announced they have signed pitching coach Larry Rothschild to a three-year contract. The 2011 season will mark Rothschild?s 37th season in professional baseball as a player, coach or manager. He has served on the Major League coaching staff for two World Championship clubs ? the 1990 Reds and 1997 Marlins. Rothschild, 56, joins the Yankees after serving as the Cubs pitching coach from 2002-10. Over the nine-year stretch, the Cubs pitching staff combined to lead the Majors in strikeouts (11,604). Cubs pitchers led the Majors in strikeouts in each of his first seven seasons as the club?s pitching coach through 2008, including a still-standing single-season Major League-record of 1,404 strikeouts in 2003.