The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Yankees 4 games to 3. Bob Gibson won two games on the mound for the Cards, including the crucial game seven in which he went the distance. It was the Cardinals first World Championship since 1946. After the series, Yogi Berra was fired as the Yankees manager after one year. Johnny Keene, the Cardinals' manager, resigned and was then hired to manage the Yankees.
The National League Championship Series is the Game against the winner of the two final playoff teams of the national league. Usually the Wild Card team plays the East and the Central Divivsion team plays the West. The winner of each of those games will play in the National League Championship Series. The winner of the National League Championship Series goes on to play in the World Series!
It stands for League Championship Series ie. the ALCS would be the American League Championship Series and the NLCS would be the National League Championship Series
1972 National League Championship Series - 1972 was released on: USA: 7 October 1972
1976 National League Championship Series - 1976 was released on: USA: 9 October 1976
2003 National League Championship Series - 2003 was released on: USA: 7 October 2003
1989 National League Championship Series - 1989 was released on: USA: 4 October 1989
1990 National League Championship Series - 1990 was released on: USA: 4 October 1990
1996 National League Championship Series - 1996 was released on: USA: 9 October 1996
1971 National League Championship Series - 1971 was released on: USA: 2 October 1971
2002 National League Championship Series - 2002 was released on: USA: 9 October 2002
1991 National League Championship Series - 1991 was released on: USA: 9 October 1991
1983 National League Championship Series - 1983 was released on: USA: 4 October 1983