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What were the odds? Hyun Soo Kim and Ubaldo Jimenez emerge as late-season heroes

Orioles manager Buck Showalter talks about the performance of pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez in the win against the Toronto Blue Jays. (Eduardo A. Encina, Baltimore Sun video)

Everybody remembers where Hyun Soo Kim was during spring training -- seemingly on the way out the door as his string of hitless at-bats stretched through the exhibition season.

And everybody knows that Ubaldo Jimenez appeared to be on the verge of getting his release and leaving the Orioles with a ton of dead payroll just six weeks ago.

So, what exactly were the odds that that the two of them would emerge as the heroes of the Orioles final-week playoff push?