Before this year Apodaca was credited with turning mediocre pitchers into effective winners.

He also preached against spending money for mediocre pitchers and vowed that the Rangers would develop their own, something the organization has been dreadful at doing.

I'm getting beat by mediocre pitchers.

The Mets found an old way to lose this one, being silenced by a mediocre pitcher.

Clubs may still sign mediocre free-agent pitchers to ridiculous contracts, but they do it because they can afford to.

In the four seasons before his free agency, Clemens was a mediocre pitcher, with a 40-39 record from 1993 through 1996.

He apparently didn't face any of those mediocre - or worse - pitchers that supposedly populate the major leagues these days either.

In his first two starts, the 23-year-old Dotel performed like a mediocre pitcher, not like a promising rookie.

Another mediocre pitcher is simply a mistake.

So what we are faced with is just as much "all the mediocre pitchers" as "all the home runs."