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The 1998 National League Championship Series ( NLCS ), to determine the champion of Major League Baseball 's National League, was played from October 7 to 14 between the East Division champion Atlanta Braves and the West Division champion San Diego Padres . The Braves entered the playoffs for the seventh straight season with a franchise-record ...
The modern World Series began in 1903, when the National League recognized the upstart American League, founded in 1901. There was an earlier "World's Championship Series" played between the pennant winners of the NL and the American Association 1884–1890; from 1894 to 1897 the NL's first- and second-place teams played a postseason series for ...
The 1999 National League Championship Series ( NLCS ), was held to determine the champion of Major League Baseball 's National League. The 30th in NL history, it was held between two East Division rivals, the division champion Atlanta Braves and the wild card New York Mets . After defeating the Mets in the NLCS in six games, the Braves would go ...
The 1974 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five series that matched the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the West Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the sixth NLCS in all. The Dodgers won the Series three games to one and lost the 1974 World Series to the Oakland Athletics .
NLCS. 2010 →. The 2009 National League Championship Series ( NLCS) was a best-of-seven baseball game series pitting the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Philadelphia Phillies for the National League Championship and the right to represent the National League in the 2009 World Series. The Phillies defeated the Dodgers four games to one.
1987 →. The 1986 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven Major League Baseball postseason series between the NL East champion New York Mets and NL West champion Houston Astros. It was the 18th NLCS and the first MLB playoff series in which the opponents were two "expansion" teams that had begun play in the same season ( 1962 ).
The 1975 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five match-up between the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates and the West Division champion Cincinnati Reds. It was the seventh NLCS in all. The Reds swept the Pirates in three games and went on to win the World Series against the Boston Red Sox .
