2008 National League Division Series

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Major League Baseball postseason series National League Division Series

The 2008 National League Division Series was the first round of the 2008 MLB postseason, featuring best-of-five playoff matchups to determine which National League teams advanced toward the league championship and ultimately the pennant.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball postseason series → National League Division Series → National League Division Series → National League Division Series →
advancesTeamToNLCS	Los Angeles Dodgers → Philadelphia Phillies →
country	United States →
determinesAdvancementTo	2008 National League Championship Series →
endDate	2008-10-06 →
featuresPlayer	CC Sabathia → Cole Hamels → Derek Lowe → Manny Ramírez → Ryan Dempster → Ryan Howard →
format	best-of-five series →
gameCount	3 → 4 →
governingBody	Major League Baseball →
hasSeries	2008 NLDS: Chicago Cubs vs. Los Angeles Dodgers → 2008 NLDS: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Milwaukee Brewers →
higherSeed	Chicago Cubs → Philadelphia Phillies →
league	National League →
loser	Chicago Cubs → Milwaukee Brewers →
lowerSeed	Los Angeles Dodgers → Milwaukee Brewers →
managerOfLoser	Dale Sveum → Lou Piniella →
managerOfWinner	Charlie Manuel → Joe Torre →
numberOfSeries	2 →
numberOfTeams	4 →
partOf	2008 Major League Baseball postseason →
season	2008 MLB season →
seriesResult	Los Angeles Dodgers win 3–0 → Philadelphia Phillies win 3–1 →
sport	baseball →
startDate	2008-10-01 →
subsequentChampion	Philadelphia Phillies →
subsequentWorldSeries	2008 World Series →
team	Chicago Cubs → Los Angeles Dodgers → Milwaukee Brewers → Philadelphia Phillies →
televisionCoverage	TBS →
winner	Los Angeles Dodgers → Philadelphia Phillies →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2008 National League pennant →	associatedCompetition
2008 National League Division Series ("2008 NLDS: Chicago Cubs vs. Los Angeles Dodgers") →	hasSeries