31.   Most television shows end each season with tried-and-true cliffhangers.

32.   Nixon will matter, one way or another, before the season ends.

33.   No manager has been fired during the season, but once the season ends there could be a run on guys being ousted.

34.   No decision is expected until after the season ends for the Jackets.

35.   Now Green is almost sorry to see the season end.

36.   No sooner did the season end than he accepted the equivalent job with the Texas Rangers.

37.   On Monday, after the Las Vegas season ends, the Dodgers also will recall pitchers Luke Prokopec, Al Reyes and Jeff Williams.

38.   Now, the two teams will play each other six more times before the season ends.

39.   Silted-up rivers must be expensively dredged before the dry season ends in May, or they will flood again with the first rains.

40.   So Mattingly will reserve comment on his future and his feelings until the season ends.