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| 2017 National League Championship Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 14–19, 2017 | |||||||||
| MVP | Justin Turner and Chris Taylor (Los Angeles) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Lance Barksdale (Games 1–2) Eric Cooper (Games 3–5) Alfonso Márquez, Todd Tichenor, Bill Welke, Mike Winters (crew chief), Jim Wolf | |||||||||
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| Television | TBS | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Brian Anderson, Ron Darling and Sam Ryan | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Aaron Boone | |||||||||
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The 2017 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff pitting the Los Angeles Dodgers against the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs for the National League pennant and the right to play in the 2017 World Series. The series was a rematch of the 2016 NLCS, which Chicago won four games to two en route to their first World Series victory since 1908. This was just the 10th time two teams have met in at least two straight League Championship Series, which have existed since divisional play began in 1969.[1] The series was the 48th in league history. The Dodgers beat the Cubs in five games to win the NL pennant for the first time in 29 years, their last one in 1988.
This was the first time in history that the NLCS and ALCS teams were from the four most populous U.S. cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston.[2]
For the first time, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; this NLCS was sponsored by Camping World and was officially known as the National League Championship Series presented by Camping World.[3][4]
The Dodgers would go on to lose to the Houston Astros in the World Series in a controversial seven-game series.[5]
- ^ "A look back at League Championship Series rematches". TrueBlueLA. October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ^ Oz, Mike (October 13, 2017). "MLB postseason: Four biggest U.S. cities reach final four for first time ever". Yahoo Sports.
- ^ "MLB close to selling first World Series presenting sponsorship". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Camping World Holdings, MLB form new multi-year partnership". MLB.com. September 18, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- ^ Vigdor, Neil (July 16, 2020). "The Houston Astros' Cheating Scandal: Sign-Stealing, Buzzer Intrigue and Tainted Pennants". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 4, 2021.