 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Makwikwi ehafu yekutanga nehafu yechipiri muNational League East neNational League West zvikamu zvaizosangana mumakwikwi akanakisa-e-mashanu, nevakundi vachikwira kuNL Championship SeriesNLCS. Kana chikwata chimwe chete chikatunda zvikamu zviviri, chikwata chemusango chikwata chechipiri kubva muzvikamu zviviri zvakabatanidzwa chaizokodzera kuenda kumwaka wekupedzisira, asi izvi zvakazove zvisina basa mumakwikwi ese ari maviri. Pakanga pasina hurongwa hwekuenderera mberi nemhando iyi mumwaka unotevera, kunyangwe hazvo Dhivhizheni Series yakatangazve muna 2009 mushure mekunge MLB yaitazve zvikamu zvitatu mumutambo wega wega. Zvikwata zviri mu1981 NLDS zvaive: 