41.   Still, questions linger about the pitching rotation.

42.   The Braves will begin the last season of this millennium with the core of their starting pitching rotation intact.

43.   The Big Four of the pitching rotation is threatening to become The Big Five.

44.   The biggest reason the Diamondbacks have won three in a row and four of five begins and ends with their pitching rotation.

45.   The club still needs a closer, but it has a formidable lineup and a pitching rotation to match.

46.   The creaky pitching rotation fared well.

47.   The Marlins have suffered no similar disasters this season, though Torborg wondered recently about his starting pitching rotation.

48.   The pitching rotation, for better or worse, is down to five pitchers for five spots.

49.   The pitching rotation is even more alien.

50.   The new triumvirate has shuffled the outfield and tinkered with the pitching rotation.