Nah man, this is revisionist. They were good but even Seattle was better with Sasaki, Rhodes, Paniagua, and Jose Mesa.
but let's be real, the Yankees were running prime Rivera out there along with Jeff Nelson, Mike Stanton, Randy Choate, Jason Grimsley, Ramiro Mendoza etc. hell, they had guys like Dwight Golden, Denny Neagle and Ted Lilly and Jake Westbrook just hanging around in case they needed them
they were really fun that season but they ran out of gas and Starting pitching injuries killed them.