NL West hit parade

It's an old Bob Stevens line, from the Hall of Fame baseballwriter's glory days with the Sporting Green, and it works everyspring - especially on Wednesday, when the Colorado Rockies facedTim Lincecum and "feasted at the banquet table of base hits, someof them gorging themselves obscenely." Somewhere between reality and the mirage, some truth was told.Lincecum might not have more than two games like this all seasonseven hits and five runs in two innings, before the Giants came back to win 8-6, but therelentless Colorado hitters once again have put the National Leagueon notice.