41.   Baseball officials initially expressed concern about the possible ramifications of a Cuban series.

42.   Baseball officials need little convincing.

43.   Baseball officials said it.

44.   Baseball officials said Selig is getting input from several politicians asking for baseball to resume this weekend to provide a diversion for a grieving nation.

45.   Baseball officials say there have been roughly a dozen such cases in the last seven to eight years.

46.   Baseball officials, however, feel that because Phillips led the umpires down this path, he is obligated to make it right for them.

47.   Baseball commissioner Bud Selig could improve the situation by formally announcing what most baseball officials already believe, that so-called contraction will not occur this year.

48.   Baseball officials also declined to say how much investors from Phoenix and Tampa Bay will have to pay for franchise rights.

49.   Baseball officials and the five partners have negotiated all week, but they have been unable to reach an understanding.

50.   Baseball officials are fined if they comment on waivers, so Phillips did not confirm nor deny that he had asked waivers on Henderson.