As I’ve mentioned several times in this space before, when I worked for Joel and Ethan Coen from the fall of 1996 through the fall of ’97, the only Yankee that Ethan liked to any degree was Kenny Rogers. Why Rogers? Well, as you can imagine the Yankees aren’t exactly the kind of team for the Coen sensibility and Rogers stuck out like a sore thumb on the Cinderella team in ’96. Unlike David Cone or El Duque, Rogers (like Denny Neagle) never fit the Yankee mold. A control specialist, Rogers drove Joe Torre and Yankee fans nuts that summer and never performed up to expectations in New York.

With a wide-jaw and square frame, Rogers looked like Joe Everybody, or Joe Anybody pitching for the Yanks. (Walter Mitty, this is your life.) Rogers resembles a slightly dumpier, plainer version of a Lifetime Network character actor. He’s been a good pitcher over the course of his career