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>>Last baseball note for now -- a couple of weeks ago I said it already looked like Halladay vs. Lincecum for the Cy Young award. In fact a number of NL starters are off to sensational starts. Here are the current stats from espn.com. Click on any column to sort in that order.
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>>http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/pitching/_/year/2010/seasontype/2/league/nl
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>Yeah. That's why I mentioned Jimenez. Where the heck has he been the last few years. What was he smoking over the winter?
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Or what has he been injecting into his butt? You'd think they would know better by now but apparently the temptation is sometimes too much. I have NO knowledge that this is the case with Jiminez. Sadly, in this era it's the first thing you suspect when a guy comes out of nowhere.

>>I consider walks and hits per nine innings the most indicative pitching stat. Six of them are below one per inning, which is terrific.
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>How about simply strikes vs balls per pitch.
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Why? A pitcher wouldn't last long throwing all strikes. Besides, it's a data point, not an outcome. Hits, walks, and outs are outcomes.