The Rockies had scored 72 runs in their previous six games before the series.

Political violence in Peru had not stopped even before the current series of attacks.

He said, 'You've crazy if you don't write the book before the series.

He had been asked before the series if he considered himself a moving target.

Before the series with Detroit, he called a team meeting on the ice after practice.

We were playing a team that had won 15 games in a row before the series.

The Yankees got into trouble last night because of a roster decision they made before the series.

But several sources do state that the respective chapter takes place before the original series.

I've done it literally every time before the first series.

Several years before the series she first met Shinobu in a park when they both were very young.