71.   Well rested and clicking as well as they have all season, the Spurs seem to have every imaginable advantage headed into the league championship series.

72.   Well-rested and clicking as well as they have all season, the Spurs seem to have every imaginable advantage headed into the league championship series.

73.   We went to San Diego for the league championship series last year and it was incredible.

74.   While Williams hit the game-tying homer Sunday night, he has two game-winning homers in the league championship series in his career.

75.   Adjustments is what Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is hoping for as St. Louis faces a challenge no team has ever overcome in a league championship series.

76.   Bell and Hernandez, who worked in the NL before major league umpires merged this season, will be appearing in their first league championship series.

77.   But he was a standout in five league championship series and pitched in four World Series.

78.   Each incentive carries over to the following season, except those for league championship series or World Series MVP.

79.   Gaining the relative ratings boost from the league championship series and World Series meant more to Fox than the other broadcast networks.

80.   He became the first player to win the MVP award in both league championship series.