As of the end of the 2010 season, Ray had played in 10 finals series matches including three grand finals.
The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions.
The very strong chess engine Rybka has recently played a series of odds matches against strong human players.
After debuting in 1961, she worked a series of mixed tag team matches with partner Terry Funk.
The series did not match the success of its original, and received borderline ratings.
ABC's ersatz series never matched the ratings of the original, however.
The series in Toronto this weekend will match two pennant-contending teams, too, but only one has endured a plague of injuries to important players.
The latter series did not match the popular acclaim of the originals, and because of this, the show was cancelled.
The series matches the top eight teams from each conference according to a preseason coaches' vote for the order of finish.
As of the end of the 2010 season, Schneider had played in 22 finals series matches including five grand finals.
