| 1985 National League Championship Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 9–16 | |||||||||
| MVP | Ozzie Smith (St. Louis) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Dick Stello (crew chief) Bruce Froemming John McSherry Terry Tata Paul Runge Jerry Crawford | |||||||||
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| Television | NBC | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola | |||||||||
| Radio | CBS KMOX (STL) KABC (LA) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Brent Musburger and Johnny Bench (CBS) Jack Buck and Mike Shannon (KMOX) Jerry Doggett and Ross Porter (KABC) | |||||||||
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The 1985 National League Championship Series was played between the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers from October 9–16. It was the 17th NLCS and the first played under the new best-of-seven format. In previous years, the NLCS had been settled by a best-of-five format. This series is best known for Ozzie Smith's dramatic walk-off home run in Game 5. This is the second consecutive NLCS where a team overcame a 2–0 series deficit to win the series after the Padres did so in the best-of-five 1984 NLCS.
Dodger announcer Vin Scully and former Cardinal player Joe Garagiola called the games for NBC. Both were announcers on the year-long Game of the Week.