"We obviously need some left-handed power to counteract it."

Adding Rodriguez, 33, gives the Yankees another potential source of left-handed power.

"To win a pennant in New York, you need left-handed power - and that's what he represents."

But he was looking for left-handed power then, Dave Parker, somebody like that.

Henry Rodriguez, from Montreal, added left-handed power, with 31 home runs.

"We did the little things, and we shut down their left-handed power, which we need to do in this ballpark."

At 209 cm (6 ft 10 in), he is a left-handed power forward and center.

He was also a highly regarded left-handed power pitcher who threw in the mid-90s as a starter.

A lot of teams think they can stop us by pitching left-handers against our left-handed power.

"I think there's great balance and a quiet consistent threat throughout the lineup," said Johnson, the team's sole source of left-handed power.