81.   EXTRA BASES Joey Cora was so steamed at being replaced by Enrique Wilson during the playoff series against New York that he threatened to leave the Indians.

82.   Everyone learns something in a playoff series.

83.   Facing elimination in their first-round playoff series against the Atlanta Braves, the Astros could use a break today.

84.   Even before their final playoff series, the players had already a love-hate relationship with Ewing.

85.   Even this season, especially in the last two playoff series, the famed Last Dance started to look more like the Aztec Two-Step.

86.   Few teams have been able to win a playoff series being so outrebounded.

87.   Finally, the home team won a game in this scintillating first-round Stanley Cup playoff series.

88.   Five times they had taken a two-game lead in a playoff series.

89.   Five games into the Bruins-Canadiens playoff series, the sideshows stopped and hockey began.

90.   For a franchise that has not only never won a league championship, but has never been favored in a playoff series, this is thin air.