61.   Both teams are in need of a victory for bowl purposes, and both have games beyond today that could prove problematic in reaching those goals.

62.   Both teams have one game left.

63.   Both teams have six games left, both have identical records and both play in the same division.

64.   Both teams have six games remaining, so the Stars took advantage of a big opportunity not only in the standings, but also in the locker room.

65.   Both teams have four games left.

66.   Both teams have three games before the new year.

67.   Both the Mets and the Cubs have five games remaining.

68.   Both teams have eight games left.

69.   A computer that held this sprawling map of potentialities in its silicon brain would have the game down cold.