51.   In the first series of the second half, Coates and Shawn Jefferson each dropped a pass.

52.   In the first series, a sweep of Florida, Sykora had one goal and one assist, while Elias had one goal and three assists.

53.   In the first series of the day, he got whacked on his left shoulder.

54.   It also gave the Dodgers their first series sweep since they opened the season with three straight wins against Arizona.

55.   It is the first hourlong series to focus on the daily lives of an extended black family.

56.   Unfortunately, as terrific as Lithgow is in his first weekly series, the show arrives dressed as one colossal breast joke.

57.   It is the first series loss the Mariners have absorbed at The Ballpark in Arlington.

58.   It was the first half, particularly the first few series of the game, that killed the Giants.

59.   It was the first series loss for the Angels since the season-opening series vs. the New York Yankees.

60.   Jack McKeon, the Reds manager, cited not the last game of their season but the first series of the season as the reason.