11.   But Johnson, realizing perhaps that playing in the league championship series only comes around once for many star-crossed souls, saw the chance to play and seized it.

12.   But no clamor for a league series between the two arose.

13.   But the Quest is without forward Valerie Still, two-time MVP of the league championship series who tore up her right knee in an exhibition game.

14.   But the part of the announcement dealing with the league championship series was premature.

15.   But the two current league championship series are much more than New York against St. Louis and New York against Seattle.

16.   But Wright faltered against Baltimore in the league championship series, allowing five runs in three innings.

17.   Came the league championship series, and the Dodgers were the team that went to the World Series, the Mets the team that went home.

18.   Chicago will meet either Utah or Houston in the league championship series.

19.   For the third consecutive time in the last two league championship series, Brown took it to the Braves.

20.   For the league championship series, two games will be broadcast at once.