1.   ATLANTA - For a master of the groundball out, playing runner-up to the pomp of the strikeout pitcher is nothing new.

2.   For this one season, Martinez has been the greatest strikeout pitcher in baseball history.

3.   He also has become a strikeout pitcher.

4.   He always has been a strikeout pitcher.

5.   Hard-throwing strikeout pitchers such as Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens will be the obvious beneficiaries.

6.   He is the strikeout pitcher who would heal the strike.

7.   He has always been known as a strikeout pitcher but never this many.

8.   He is not a strikeout pitcher but is a tiger with a lead.

9.   One, against the third-greatest strikeout pitcher of all time.

10.   I take pride in being a better pitcher, not a better strikeout pitcher.