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 National League Championship Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prior to 1969, the National League Champion (the "Pennant Winner") was determined by the best won-loss record at the end of the regular season.
In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseball's championship, the World Series, facing the winner of the American League Championship Series.
In 1994, the league was restructured into three divisions, with the three division winners and a wild-card team advancing to a best-of-five playoff round, the National League Division Series (NLDS).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_League_Championship_Series   (634 words)

  
 2004 National League Championship Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2004 National League Championship Series was a Major League Baseball playoff series played from October 13 to 21, 2004 to determine the champion of the National League, between the Central Division champion St.
In a series in which all seven games were won by the home team, the Cardinals won 4-3 to advance to the World Series against the American League champion Boston Red Sox.
In the series opener at St. Louis' Busch Stadium, the Cardinals break open a 4-4 game with six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, and hold on for a 10-7 win over the Astros.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_National_League_Championship_Series   (784 words)

  
 2004 National League Championship Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2004 National League Championship Series was a Major League Baseball playoff series played from October 13 to 21, 2004 to determine the champion of the National League, between the Central Division champion St.
In a series in which all seven games were won by the home team, the Cardinals won 4-3 to advance to the World Series against the American League champion Boston Red Sox.
In the series opener at St. Louis' Busch Stadium, the Cardinals break open a 4-4 game with six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, and hold on for a 10-7 win over the Astros.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_National_League_Championship_Series   (927 words)

  
 National League Championship Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prior to 1969, the National League Champion (the "Pennant Winner") was determined by the best won-loss record at the end of the regular season.
In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseball's championship, the World Series, facing the winner of the American League Championship Series.
In 1994, the league was restructured into three divisions, with the three division winners and a wild-card team advancing to a best-of-five playoff round, the National League Division Series (NLDS).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_League_Championship_Series   (634 words)

  
 National League Stadiums
The National League, competing for the first 93 years of its existence in a single grouping, re-organized into two divisions of 6 teams (East and West) in 1969, with the division champions meeting in the National League Championship Series (an additional round of postseason competition) for the right to advance to the World Series.
The National League is also known as the Senior Circuit, due to the fact that it has existed 25 years longer than the American League.
Beginning with the 1994 season, the league has been divided into three divisions (East, West and Central), with the addition of a Wild Card team (the team with the best record among those finishing in second place) to enable four teams to advance to the preliminary Division Series.
www.nlstadium.com   (613 words)

  
 National League Championship Preview
Yet these series have proven to be very unpredictable and the Braves have not had a lot of luck in recent NLCS play.
Cox's bold use of his starters in relief was the high point of the series for me, as he (and Maddox and Millwood) refused to be pigeonholed by predetermined roles.
But anything can happen in a short series and when Dwight Gooden gave up a homer to Mike Scoscia and Sid Fernandez gave up a rare HR to a lefty (Kirk Gibson, of limping around the bases fame), the Mets lost, 4 games to 3.
www.betatesters.com /barry/NLCSPreview.html   (690 words)

  
 National League Championship Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseball's championship, the World Series.
In 1994, the league was restructured into three divisions, with the three division winners and a wild-card team advancing to a best-of-five playoff round, the National League Division Series (NLDS).
Prior to 1969, the National League Champion (the "Pennant Winner") was determined by the best won-loss record at the end of the regular season.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_League_Championship_Series   (690 words)

  
 National League Championship Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prior to 1969, the National League Champion (the "Pennant Winner") was determined by the best won-loss record at the end of the regular season.
In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseball's championship, the World Series, facing the winner of the American League Championship Series.
In 1994, the league was restructured into three divisions, with the three division winners and a wild-card team advancing to a best-of-five playoff round, the National League Division Series (NLDS).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_League_Championship_Series   (634 words)

  
 1986 National League Championship Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mike Scott was far and away the best pitcher in the National League in 1986.
The Astros were not expected to do much in 1986 at all, let alone battle the Mets for a chance to go to the World Series.
It would be a long winter for the Astros, and an even longer series for the Mets was coming, where they would pull off one of the greatest comebacks of all time and win the World Series against the Boston Red Sox.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1986_National_League_Championship_Series   (1921 words)

  
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In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series ( NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseball 's championship, the World Series.
In 1994, the league was restructured into three divisions, with the three division winners and a wild-card team advancing to a best-of-five playoff round, the National League Division Series (NLDS).
It began in 1969, when the National League was reorganized into two division, East and West.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /NLCS.html   (1921 words)

  
 National League Championship Series
National League Championship Series - Padres, 4-2 Date Winner Home Field Oct. 7 Padres, 3-2 (10 inn.) at Atlanta Oct. 8 Padres, 3-0 at...
National League Championship Series - Marlins, 4-2 Date Winner Home Field Oct. 7 Marlins, 5-3 at Atlanta Oct. 8 Braves, 7-1 at Atlanta...
National League Championship Series - Braves, 4-2 Date Winner Home Field Oct. 12 Braves, 4-2 at Atlanta Oct. 13 Braves, 4-3 at Atlanta...
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 Astros can win first pennant tonight - Boston.com
The Houston Astros look to clinch their first-ever World Series appearance tonight when they host the St. Louis Cardinals in game five of the National League Championship Series.
HOUSTON --The Houston Astros look to clinch their first-ever World Series appearance tonight when they host the St. Louis Cardinals in game five of the National League Championship Series.
The 46-year gap between Series appearances is the longest in major league history.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2005/10/17/astros_can_win_first_pennant_tonight   (672 words)

  
 Desipio Media Ventures -- Andy Dolan: National League Championship Series Preview - Houston Astros v. Satan's Minions
October 13, 2004-- Andy Dolan: National League Championship Series Preview - Houston Astros v.
October 12, 2004-- Andy Dolan: American League Championship Series Preview: Boston Red Sox v.
National League Championship Series Preview - Houston Astros v.
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 @ugusta Headlines: Braves kill Cardinals 14-0, October 15, 1996
Facing an embarrassing early exit in the series, the defending world champions exploded with a League Championship-record 22 hits off of five Cardinal pitchers.
Jackson, who has pitched in the League Championships with five teams, came on and promptly was tagged by Ryan Klesko for RBI single.
The Braves raised their batting average in the series from.213 to.296 after scoring only 12 runs in the first four games.
chronicle.augusta.com /headlines/101596/braves.html   (959 words)

  
 WWW.TOTHENEXTLEVEL.ORG
He also was awarded the Most Valuable Player award for both the National League Championship Series and the World Series.
Following the world series, Orel Herschiser was invited on the "Tonight Show." The host asked Herschiser what song he had been singing during the game when he was caught in the dugout by the national TV cameras, and if Orel would sing it again right then and there.
When the Dodgers faced the New York Mets in the National League playoffs, Orel continued to dominate hitters, leading the Dodgers to victory by pitching more than 24 innings.
www.tothenextlevel.org /old_site/docs/principles/success.html   (1090 words)

  
 WUA - MLB Names League Championship Series Umpires
Major League Baseball recently announced the umpire crews for the respective 2004 League Championship Series.
Following are the umpire crews for the MLB League Championship Series.
Tim Welke, working an LCS for the fourth year in a row and his sixth overall, will be the Crew Chief for the National League series.
www.worldumpires.com /news/101404LCS.htm   (128 words)

  
 Sporting News, The: A game of inches - Florida Marlins-Atlanta Braves - 1997 National League Championship Series
Although my sense is that many baseball fans would like to see a different team represent the National League in the world Series, I don't expect to see Pro Player Stadium when I tune in Saturday night for Game 1.
By striking out 15 Braves to tie a League Championship Series record set 24 hours earlier by Mike Mussina of the Orioles.
There is no way you look at the Braves through the first five games and see the same confident team that so totally dominated the National League this season, the organization that has dominated the league for seven years now.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n42_v221/ai_19931101   (1560 words)

  
 Bobby Valentine, National League Championship Series, Baseball, Interviews, ASAPSports FastScripts, Quotes
In the middle of this series and after a game like that, how aware of you of what goes on away from the game, what it does to the city, back home, and things that are going on outside the park?
What I try to do is read a lot of national stuff and read about the other team, the team that I'm playing, that we're playing against.
BOBBY VALENTINE: The roster is constructed the way it is because coming into this series, I was very reluctant to hit for Rey because Rey came up big in RBI situations throughout this entire season.
www.asapsports.com /baseball/1999nlcs/101999BV.html   (2254 words)

  
 AugustaSports.Com: The Augusta Chronicle's Braves Headlines for: 10/14/98
ATLANTA-- After watching the National League Championship Series twist and turn like a soap opera on speed, the folks at FOX are keeping their fingers crossed the World Series proves as dramatic and entertaining.
After having two National League Championship Series crowds at less-than Turner Field capacity, the Atlanta Braves may finally play in front of a packed house.
Yankee Stadium rocked long and hard Tuesday night, as New York reached the World Series for a record 35th time by beating the Cleveland Indians 9-5 to win the AL championship series in six games.
augustasports.com /braves98/101498.html   (173 words)

  
 Major League Baseball : News
There's your 2003 National League Championship Series matchup: The Chicago Cubs vs. the Florida Marlins.
The Marlins counter with a four-man rotation that in the Division Series was led by 23-year-old right-hander Josh Beckett and anchored by 21-year-old lefty rookie sensation Dontrelle Willis.
The Cubs, meanwhile, have claimed their first postseason series since winning the 1908 World Series with Dusty Baker in charge after 10 years with the Giants.
chicago.cubs.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20031006&content_id=566048&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp   (517 words)

  
 Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com
And even though the Cubs are playing in the National League Championship Series, no "true" Sox fan would cheer for the "lovable losers," according to some of the region's most ardent Sox fans.
Sunday obviously wasn't a happy day for Zuklin when the Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves to win the National League Division Championship Series.
Priess said he's cheering on the Cubs because his father, who lived in Lakes of the Four Seasons, was a lifelong Cubs fan who attended the team's last World Series appearance in 1945, and is not here to do it himself.
www.thetimesonline.com /articles/2003/10/10/news/top_news/3006911e263bbe4286256dbb0002a2cf.prt   (642 words)

  
 Baseball Division Series Preview (washingtonpost.com)
The Cardinals' bullpen led National League relievers with a 3.17 ERA, but struggled in its sweep of the Padres.
There is one reason, and only one reason, why the Astros were the trendy pick to win the World Series when the postseason began, and that is their rotation.
And the Cardinals are coming off a series in which they averaged seven runs a game against San Diego.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/mlb/longterm/2005/nlcspreview.html   (598 words)

  
 2004 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
The National League Championship series opened up on friday night at Albert's Field.
Tom Byrne would pitch the final two innings to get the win for the Firebirds who won their first championship in only their second year in the league.
Jon Abers was voted the MVP of the series by the Firebirds after going 10 for 13 at the plate and catching 3 straight games.
www.rebl.org /2004_NL_Championship_Recap.htm   (257 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Page2 -
Revisit the '86 NLCS
A game-by-game recap of the 1986 National League Championship Series between the East champion New York Mets and the West champion Houston Astros.
The Mets led the series 3-2, but with the unhittable Mike Scott ready to go in Game 7, it was do or die time for both teams.
Scott struck out an NLCS-record 14 batters as the Astros took the series opener 1-0 in Houston.
www.espn.go.com /page2/s/1986/revisit/nlcs.html   (1200 words)

  
 printstory.asp?ID=51204
Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants won the National League Championship Series on Monday and now advance to the World Series against the upstart Anaheim Angels.
After the win, Bonds jumped up and down with the National League championship series MVP, 37-year-old catcher Benito Santiago.
The Angels defeated the New York Yankees 3-1 in the first round and beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1 in the league championship series that concluded Sunday.
www.katu.com /printstory.asp?ID=51204   (428 words)

  
 Hot Dots
The Seattle Mariners versus the New York Yankees in game #3 of the American League championship series.
The Seattle Mariners versus the New York Yankees in game #4 of the American League championship series.
The Seattle Mariners versus the the New York Yankees in game #2 of the American League championship series.
www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/arts/hot_dots/documents/01967107.htm   (1666 words)

  
 Major League Baseball : Postseason : League Championship Series
With one swing Wednesday night, Sammy Sosa recharged the Chicago Cubs' hopes in the National League Championship Series.
Major League Baseball: Postseason: League Championship Series
The Cubs didn't win the World Series or even a trip to the World Series when they knocked off the Braves in the NLDS on Sunday, but it was the Cubs' first postseason series win in 95 years.
mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/ps/y2003/home.jsp?view=fla_chc   (734 words)

  
 Williams ChoiceSeat™ Advances to the National League Championship Series in San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium
More than 400 units are attached to stadium seats during the National League Championship Series games at Qualcomm Stadium, along with units in selected suites, kiosk units in club lounges, and five large flat screen monitors in the press area and owners' suites.
ChoiceSeat™ enables fans to experience the in-park excitement and atmosphere of the playoff series with more information and greater perspective than if they were home watching the game on television or over the Internet.
These "smart seats" give fans true insight into the game with historical and up-to-the-second statistics, replays from multiple angles, sophisticated pitch tracking systems and league highlights at the touch of a finger to a screen attached to their seats.
www.wiltel.com /overview/content/pressreleases/1998/10-08a.htm   (662 words)

  
 National League Championship Series
The question is whether they have enough depth in a seven-game series against a potent lineup.
Cardinals led the league in team batting average, hits, runs scored, RBIs and slugging percentage.
Because the series with the Braves went five games, the Astros will likely start Pete Munro (4-7, 5.15 ERA) and Brandon Backe (5-3, 4.30 ERA) in Busch Stadium.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04287/394949.stm   (575 words)

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