41.   Furthermore, the Expos are trying to gain public support for a new ballpark, and trading their best pitcher could hurt the cause.

42.   Having won its first three games without starting its best pitcher, Toms River finally started Fisher, a left-hander, Thursday night.

43.   He attained that status by being the best pitcher available last winter.

44.   Greg Maddux has spent enough time as the best pitcher in baseball to understand how to stay that way.

45.   He also won his fifth Cy Young award as the best pitcher in the American League.

46.   Have the Sox ever gone out and acquired the best pitcher in baseball?

47.   He is perhaps the best pitcher in the game.

48.   He is simply the best pitcher in baseball.

49.   He faced Kevin Brown, perhaps the best pitcher in baseball last season.

50.   He said he was the best Latin pitcher.