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When coming up with a list of the top 10 pitching performances in Yankees history, I stuck to a six-pack of very specific ground rules: 1) A perfect game is a free pass There have been only 16 in the modern era, and the Yankees have three of them. It's the holy grail for a pitcher, and that's good enough for me. 2) Timing matters A regular-season no-hitter is an amazing accomplishment, but is it more impressive than a lights-out performance in the postseason? Not necessarily. 3) Transcendence is rewarded Did the pitcher dominate his opposition to the point where it looked like he was operating at a different level? This is also known as The Reverse Igawa. 4) Starters get the edge I was dying to include Mariano Rivera somewhere on this list, but we're talking about the 10 bes ...

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