11.   And the best thing about it for Atlanta is he just could be the spark for the biggest comeback in major league baseball history.

12.   And what better teacher than Koufax, who once traveled the long road from wild-armed bonus baby into arguably the greatest left-handed pitcher in baseball history?

13.   As everyone has heard, this is baseball history in the making.

14.   As everyone has heard, time and time and time again, this is baseball history in the making.

15.   As a student of baseball history, Bud Selig knows better than anyone that his time has passed.

16.   As the Astros can attest, those who fail to learn from baseball history are Domed to repeat it.

17.   At the end of May, Hershiser became the oldest player in baseball history to be named pitcher of the month.

18.   Baker invited him to stop by the clubhouse so that a certain precocious left-hander could pick the brain of perhaps the most dominant lefty in baseball history.

19.   Baseball history is littered with great what-ifs.

20.   Baseball history is filled with hard-luck stories of batters who fanned after almost hitting a home run.