41.   Bailey has played two playoff games for Providence in a first-round series against Springfield, earning a split last Friday and Saturday.

42.   Baseball wanted the biggest possible audience, and there would have been programming complications if Fox had tried to shoehorn baseball playoff games into Fox Sports Net regional lineups.

43.   Based on how they perform in playoff games, hockey players will earn NHL.com points.

44.   Basketball playoff season reminds me of the reaction of my young nephew Chris Nieroth to an invitation to his first Knicks playoff game.

45.   Because of Larry Bird, the atmosphere at the Hall of Fame induction was transformed into something akin to a playoff game.

46.   Because NBA rules stipulate a team must have nine players for a playoff game, only three Knicks can miss the game.

47.   Because of their record and the way the tie breakers fell, the Bears cannot play host to a playoff game.

48.   Before every big playoff game, Ramsey would write on the blackboard how much n they needed.

49.   Before the Carolina series, the Bruins had not played before a capacity crowd for a playoff game in the FleetCenter.

50.   Before the first pitch of the first playoff game is thrown, a BART Battle seems more likely.