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Dates | October 16–23 | |||||||||
MVP | Cody Ross (San Francisco) | |||||||||
Umpires | Derryl Cousins (crew chief), Dan Iassogna, Ted Barrett, Wally Bell, Jeff Nelson, and Tom Hallion[1] | |||||||||
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Television | Fox | |||||||||
TV announcers | Joe Buck and Tim McCarver | |||||||||
Radio | ESPN | |||||||||
Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell | |||||||||
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The 2010 National League Championship Series (NLCS) was a best-of-seven game Major League Baseball playoff series that pitted the winners of the 2010 National League Division Series—the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants—against each other for the National League Championship. The Giants would defeat the Phillies, four games to two, to advance to their first World Series since 2002. The series, the 41st NLCS in league history, began on October 16 and ended on October 23. The Phillies had home field advantage as a result of their better regular-season record. The Phillies hosted Games 1, 2 and 6, while the Giants were at home for Games 3, 4 and 5.
The Giants would go on to defeat the Texas Rangers in the World Series in five games, winning their first World Series championship since 1954, and their first since relocating to San Francisco from New York City back in 1958, ending the Curse of Coogan's Bluff.