<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lesi kwakuyisikhathi seshumi nje lapho amaqembu amabili ehlangana khona okungenani emachwebeni amabili alandelanayo e-League Championship Series, abekhona selokhu kwaqala ukudlala kwesigaba ngo-1969. Isikhathi sokugcina amaqembu amabili ahlangana ngaso ku-NLCS eminyakeni elandelanayo kwakuyi-2008  <response>: futhi ngo-2009, lapho amaPhillies ehlula iDodgers emidlalweni emihlanu kuzo zombili izikhathi 41. Isikhathi sokugcina iqembu eliphindisele ukulahlekelwa kwe-NLCS ngokunqoba kwe-NLCS ngokumelene nomphikisi ofanayo ngonyaka olandelayo kwakungu-Astros phezu kwamaKhadinali ngo-2005 42 ngemuva kokulahlekelwa yiKhadinali ngo-2004 43. 