41.   Several of the Marlins, including Devon White, criticized the Braves for complaining about the umpiring in the league championship series.

42.   The AL West champions still held hopes of winning the pennant during the sixth game of their league championship series against Cleveland.

43.   The Braves walked and talked like a team that was headed to its sixth consecutive league championship series.

44.   The Bulls moved within one game of returning to their fifth league championship series in the past seven years.

45.   The Braves tried to steal only once in the first five games of the league championship series.

46.   The Indians had clinched their series against the Yankees Monday night, and meet the Orioles Wednesday night in the league championship series.

47.   The league series would have been scheduled exactly as it was.

48.   The Indians lost to the Yankees last season in the league playoff series.

49.   The Indians followed that conquest by winning three of the first four games of the league series, using well-timed weird plays to their advantage.

50.   The league championship series were to be televised regionally as opposed to nationally, Saturday afternoon games were not shown, and starting times were problematic.