2000 National League Division Series

2000 National League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
New York Mets (3) Bobby Valentine 94–68, .580, GB: 1
San Francisco Giants (1) Dusty Baker 97–65, .599, GA: 11
DatesOctober 4 – 8
TelevisionESPN (Games 1, 4)
Fox (Games 2–3)
TV announcersJon Miller and Joe Morgan (Games 1, 4)
Thom Brennaman and Bob Brenly (Game 2)
Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Game 3)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersCharley Steiner and Dave Campbell
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
St. Louis Cardinals (3) Tony La Russa 95–67, .586, GA: 10
Atlanta Braves (0) Bobby Cox 95–67, .586, GA: 1
DatesOctober 3 – 7
TelevisionESPN
TV announcersJon Miller and Buck Martinez (Games 1, 3)
Jon Miller and Joe Morgan (Game 2)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersWayne Hagin and Mark Grace
UmpiresJeff Kellogg, Gary Cederstrom, Ed Montague, Dan Morrison, Larry Young, Ted Barrett (Giants–Mets, in San Francisco; Cardinals–Braves, in Atlanta)
Rich Rieker, Terry Craft, Jerry Crawford, Brian Gorman, Rocky Roe, Mike DiMuro (Cardinals–Braves, in St. Louis; Giants–Mets, in Queens)
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The 2000 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2000 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 3, and ended on Sunday, October 8, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. They were:

The Cardinals and Mets went on to meet in the NL Championship Series (NLCS). The Mets beat the Cardinals four games to one to advance to the 2000 World Series, where they would lose to the American League champion New York Yankees in five games.[2][3]

  1. ^ The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage (Games 1, 2 and 5 at home), which was determined by playing record. The Cardinals were awarded home field advantage rather than the Braves due to their 4–3 advantage in head-to-head play.
  2. ^ Chass, Murray (October 17, 2000). "From Wild Card to World Series". New York Times.
  3. ^ The subway series: the Yankees, the Mets and a season to remember. St. Louis, Mo.: The Sporting News. 2000. ISBN 0-89204-659-7.