31.   Clemens, the best pitcher in baseball no matter what kind of Units one uses to measure greatness, officially is on the trade market today.

32.   Cluck taught Kile the curve ball that would eventually make him one of the best pitchers in the National League.

33.   Cone out-dueled Red Sox right-hander Ramon Martinez, sparing the Yankees of the daunting prospect of a tied series and the best pitcher in the Martinez family lurking.

34.   Considered the best pitcher for the Cyclones, the hard-throwing right-hander transferred to Texas because Iowa State dropped baseball.

35.   Davey Johnson, the new Dodgers manager, was asked if he considered Brown the best pitcher in baseball.

36.   Denny Neagle is the best pitcher in the National League.

37.   Down the stretch and through the playoffs, Piniella has used his two best pitchers, Johnson and Norm Charlton, almost without concern for their future.

38.   El Duque, on the other hand, was the best pitcher in the history of Cuban baseball when he left Cuba on a raft last December.

39.   Even the best pitchers make changes.

40.   First, they have Greg Maddux, arguably the best pitcher of his or any other era.