The Yankees were designed to be the league's best offense, too, built to withstand injuries to the pitching staff.
And when you talk about sustained success, it's having a great minor league system, it's having the depth to withstand injuries, it's having elite young players that can be here for a long time.
None of them can be viewed in a vacuum, but the gambles he made over the winter — that he didn't have to bolster the bullpen much, that Angel Pagan would be the safety net if (and when) Moises Alou got hurt, that the rotation could withstand injuries to Orlando Hernandez and Pedro Martinez because John Maine and Oliver Perez were ready to take the next step — are not looking as sharp.
Over the season's first 100 games, the Yankees raced to the largest divisional lead in the major leagues with a sense of urgency, impressively withstanding injuries to critical players while wringing the most out of their depth.
Before Leinart's injury, Warner said he thought the Texans were better suited to withstand the injury to Schaub than the Bears were to deal with Cutler's.
The Lakers proved it last year they could withstand the injury to Bynum.
With their deep bench (and Big Baby has not played yet) the Celtics are best positioned to withstand an injury to a star player.
Thus, we contend that while the older students may have been exposed to greater occupational and sport lifetime hazards than their younger counterparts, they may consequently have developed an enhanced ability to withstand workplace injury risk [ 21- 24].
This takes time and diligence, in addition to withstanding injury and defeat.
Although heterothermicity makes sloths very sensitive to temperature change, they have thick skin and are able to withstand severe injuries.
