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
1969 National League Championship Series - 1969 was released on: USA: 4 October 1969
1970 National League Championship Series - 1970 was released on: USA: 3 October 1970
2005 National League Championship Series - 2005 was released on: USA:12 October 2005
1974 National League Championship Series - 1974 was released on: USA: 5 October 1974
1984 National League Championship Series - 1984 was released on: USA: 2 October 1984
1992 National League Championship Series - 1992 was released on: USA: 6 October 1992
1976 National League Championship Series - 1976 was released on: USA: 9 October 1976
1988 National League Championship Series - 1988 was released on: USA: 4 October 1988
1977 National League Championship Series - 1977 was released on: USA: 4 October 1977
1996 National League Championship Series - 1996 was released on: USA: 9 October 1996