51.   The pitching rotation had Pedro Martinez, Ken Hill, Jeff Fassero and Kirk Rueter.

52.   The Rangers, hoping to catch lightning in a bottle for their left-handed-starved pitching rotation, acquired left-hander Jeff Fassero from the Seattle Mariners yesterday.

53.   The pitching rotation overall has promise, if not this season, than certainly next.

54.   The scheduled travel day enabled the Dodgers to juggle their pitching rotation and keep knuckleballer Tom Candiotti out of the series.

55.   The starting pitching rotations of six teams have a total of two left-handers.

56.   The Twins did not expect Eric Milton, the best prospect of the four players they received for Knoblauch, to be in their starting pitching rotation.

57.   Their pitching rotation is out of order.

58.   The Yankees will not alter their pitching rotation for the series, and will go with David Cone, Hideki Irabu and Andy Pettitte.

59.   They also added Curt Schilling to their pitching rotation in late July.

60.   They have shuffled their pitching rotation with favorable results.