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| 2016 National League Championship Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 15–22 | |||||||||
| MVP | Javier Báez and Jon Lester (Chicago) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Ted Barrett, Gary Cederstrom (crew chief), Eric Cooper, Ángel Hernández, Alfonso Márquez, Paul Nauert (Games 1–2) and Bill Welke (Games 3–6) | |||||||||
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| Television | FS1 (English) Fox Deportes (Spanish) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci (English) Carlos Álvarez and Duaner Sánchez (Spanish) | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN (English) ESPN Deportes (Spanish) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Aaron Boone (English) Eduardo Ortega, José Francisco Rivera, and Orlando Hernández (Spanish) | |||||||||
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The 2016 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in which the Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League (NL) pennant and the right to play in the 2016 World Series against the Cleveland Indians. As the Division Series winner with the best regular season record in the National League, the Cubs earned home-field advantage regardless of opponent. The series was the 47th in league history. FS1 televised all of the games in the United States.[1][2]
The Cubs would go on to defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series in seven games, after overcoming a 3–1 series deficit, winning their first World Series championship in 108 years, and ending the Curse of the Billy Goat.
- ^ Newman, Mark (August 24, 2016). "To the races: MLB postseason schedule announced". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ Normandin, Marc (August 23, 2016). "2016 MLB playoff schedule released". SBNation.com. SB Nation. Retrieved August 23, 2016.