2000 National League Division Series
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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:
- (1) San Francisco Giants (Western Division champions, 97–65) vs. (4) New York Mets (Wild Card, 94–68): Mets win series, 3–1.
- (2) St. Louis Cardinals (Central Division champions, 95–67) vs. (3) Atlanta Braves (Eastern Division champions, 95–67): Cardinals win series, 3–0.[1]
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Dates | October 4 – 8 | ||||||||||||
Television | ESPN (Games 1, 4) Fox (Games 2–3) | ||||||||||||
TV announcers | Jon Miller and Joe Morgan (Games 1, 4) Thom Brennaman and Bob Brenly (Game 2) Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Game 3) | ||||||||||||
Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
Radio announcers | Charley Steiner and Dave Campbell | ||||||||||||
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Dates | October 3 – 7 | ||||||||||||
Television | ESPN | ||||||||||||
TV announcers | Jon Miller and Buck Martinez (Games 1, 3) Jon Miller and Joe Morgan (Game 2) | ||||||||||||
Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
Radio announcers | Wayne Hagin and Mark Grace | ||||||||||||
Umpires | Jeff 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 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]