71.   If these two teams meet in the playoffs, it should be fun to watch.

72.   In August, when the teams met at Shea, the atmosphere was heightened and the Mets won three of four games.

73.   In three weeks, the teams have met twice, once in each city.

74.   In two years, when the teams meet again in Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, the likelihood is that Seve Ballesteros will be the European captain.

75.   Indeed, if these two teams meet in the second round of the playoffs, it should be some show, given what happened on Saturday afternoon.

76.   Instead, internal negotiating teams will meet at a midtown law firm Wednesday morning with the intention of trying to work out details of a proposed escrow system.

77.   Inevitably and wickedly, the baseball gods would have these teams meet in the playoffs.

78.   It added up to two years of probation, which eliminates again the chance for the teams to meet in a bowl.

79.   It is the third time the two teams have met in the post-season in last five years.

80.   It obviously did not work when the teams met earlier this season.