1.   Benitez has been the best reliever in baseball, according to the scoring system used by Rolaids for their Relief Man award.

2.   Down by a run, best reliever in the game against you.

3.   He left his two best relievers, Dennis Powell and Robb Nen, in the bullpen while Dennis Cook pitched two innings.

4.   Nen, as the best reliever in the free agent class, probably could have commanded much more on the open market.

5.   Still, Hernandez looked great, and Torre had his trio of best relievers rested and in the bullpen.

6.   The best rookie was Carlos Beltran, and the best reliever was Mariano Rivera.

7.   They did it to Armando Benitez, the best reliever in franchise history.

8.   This is certainly how Rollie Fingers was used by his various skippers, and in his prime he may have been the best reliever of them all.

9.   Wetteland, perhaps the best reliever in the National League, fetched three prospects from the New York Yankees.

10.   On Sunday, they clinched their eighth straight NL East Division title even though cancer took away their top hitter and injuries sidelined their All-Star catcher and best reliever.