2008 National League Division Series

2008 National League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Los Angeles Dodgers (3) Joe Torre 84–78, .519, GA: 2
Chicago Cubs (0) Lou Piniella 97–64, .602, GA: 7+12
DatesOctober 1 – 4
TelevisionTBS
TV announcersDick Stockton, Ron Darling, Tony Gwynn and Tom Verducci
RadioESPN
Radio announcersJon Miller, Rick Sutcliffe
UmpiresDale Scott
Paul Emmel
Jeff Nelson
Tom Hallion
Gerry Davis
Jim Reynolds
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Philadelphia Phillies (3) Charlie Manuel 92–70, .568, GA: 3
Milwaukee Brewers (1) Dale Sveum 90–72, .556, GB: 7+12
DatesOctober 1 – 5
TelevisionTBS
TV announcersBrian Anderson, Joe Simpson, John Smoltz, and David Aldridge
RadioESPN
Radio announcersMichael Kay, Steve Phillips
UmpiresDana DeMuth
Mark Wegner
Brian Runge
Fieldin Culbreth
Jim Joyce
Paul Nauert
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The 2008 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2008 National League playoffs, began on Wednesday, October 1 and ended on Sunday, October 5, with the champions of the three NL divisions and one wild card team participating in two best-of-five series. They were:

The underdog Dodgers swept the Cubs to advance to the NLCS, while the Phillies defeated the Brewers three games to one. The series marked the first postseason series victory for the Dodgers since winning the 1988 World Series, and the first such victory for the Phillies since the 1993 NLCS.

The Phillies defeated the Dodgers for the National League championship, and went on to win the 2008 World Series, defeating the American League champion Tampa Bay Rays in five games.

  1. ^ The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage, which was determined by playing record. Although the team with the best record was normally intended to play the wild card team, the Cubs played the Dodgers, rather than the wild card Brewers, because the Cubs and Brewers are in the same division.