National League Championship Series

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Major League Baseball postseason series best-of-seven playoff series

The National League Championship Series is Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven playoff series that determines the National League champion and one of the two teams that advance to the World Series.

Aliases (2)

NLCS ×1
National League champion ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball postseason series → best-of-seven playoff series →
advancesTo	World Series →
alsoKnownAs	NLCS →
bestOfFiveEraEnd	1984 →
bestOfFiveEraStart	1969 →
bestOfSevenEraStart	1985 →
competitionType	professional sports playoff series →
confersTitle	National League pennant →
country	United States →
determines	National League champion →
eligibility	National League playoff qualifiers →
firstSeasonFormat	best-of-five →
follows	National League Division Series winners →
format	best-of-seven →
gameType	playoff game →
governingBody	Office of the Commissioner of Baseball →
hasMVPAward	yes →
hasUmpires	Major League Baseball umpires →
homeFieldAdvantageDeterminedBy	regular season record →
inception	1969 →
league	National League →
level	top tier of MLB postseason →
maximumNumberOfGames	7 →
mediaCoverageIncludes	online streaming → radio → television →
minimumNumberOfGames	4 →
MVPAwardName	NLCS Most Valuable Player →
numberOfTeams	2 →
numberOfWinsRequired	4 →
organizer	Major League Baseball →
parallelSeries	American League Championship Series →
partOf	Major League Baseball postseason →
postseasonRound	league championship round →
precededBy	National League Division Series →
region	North America →
scheduling	annual →
sport	baseball →
statisticallyTrackedBy	Major League Baseball →
televisionCoverage	national television in the United States →
ticketType	postseason ticket →
tieBreakerRule	extra innings →
typicalMonth	October →
usesHomeFieldAdvantageRule	yes →
winnerQualifiesFor	World Series →
winnerRepresents	National League in the World Series →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bryce Harper → Ted Barrett →	participatedIn
Division Series → National League Division Series →	winnerAdvancesTo
National League Championship Series ("NLCS") →	alsoKnownAs
National League →	championship
2007 National League pennant →	decidingSeriesType
League Championship Series ("National League champion") →	determines
National League Division Series →	determinesAdvancementTo
National League Division Series →	followedBy
Warren C. Giles Trophy →	follows
National League →	governingBodyOf
League Championship Series →	hasComponent
League Championship Series →	hasLeagueVariant
Philadelphia Phillies–Atlanta Braves rivalry →	hasPostseasonMeetings
American League Championship Series →	isParallelTo
Warren C. Giles Trophy →	isTrophyFor
National League Wild Card Series →	relatedCompetition