Articles related to "National League Championship Series"

Two of the hottest teams in baseball will square off in this series to determine the NL's representative in the Wolrd Series.

For the second straight season, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers will meet in the NLCS and it promises to be a very competitive series.

Tommie Aaron hit only 13 career home runs in seven seasons, but they surely count in the record books in giving the Aarons the mark for most career home runs by brothers.

While several teams appear ready to make a significant run into the postseason, including the Angels, Tigers and Braves, the Red Sox will win the World Series.

Manager Joe Torre will lead a resurgent Dodger ball club against the NL East champion Phillies, who are looking for their first trip to the World Series since 1993.

Joe Torre had some rough years as the skipper of the New York mets, Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals before finding World series Gold with the New York Yankees.

The Chicago Cubs haven't won a World Series in 100 years and a National League championship in 63 years.

The LA Dodgers won the NL West in 2008 thanks to Manny Ramirez's bat. Now they lead the division in 2009 with Ramirez back along with a potent cast of young players.

The bottom of the ninth, two out, full count home run by a hobbled Kirk Gibson was incredible. But what was the strategy that set it up? And who was Mike Davis?

The Pittsburgh Pirates has a history of trades that seem both counter-productive and confusing to Pirate fans. On Wednesday night there was another added to the list.

The question is always up for debate: who is the greatest baseball team ever? Naming just one seems unfair, so here are three historic baseball teams to bicker over.

The Subway Series of 2000 entertained New York sports fans in ways not seen since 1956.

The following is a preview of the upcoming series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies, with analysis of how these reigning division champs match up.

In April, the Phillies will receive their championship rings and the Mets will open a new ballpark. In October, the two will do battle for the 2009 NL East championship.

It took 21 years for Red Sox fans to forgive Bill Buckner for 1986 World Series loss, yet Phllies fans embraced Mitch Williams after 1993 World Series collapse

In a decade full of great teams, the Cincinnati Reds led by Johnny Bench, Pete Rose and Joe Morgan were the very best.

Boston and the White Sox both won it all recently. So why can't the Cubs? Is it front office ineptitude, bad play on the field, or the curse of a long dead Billy Goat?

It's not often the two teams that are unquestionably the best in Major League Baseball make it through the playoffs to meet in the World Series. That will happen in 2009.

Rick Ankiel was a 20-year old pitching phenom for the Cardinals in 2000. Then he lost all control. Now he's back, ligthing up pitchers and igniting a new HGH controversy.