1982 American League Championship Series

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The 1982 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five playoff semifinal postseason series in Major League Baseball’s 1982 postseason between the Milwaukee Brewers and the California Angels for the American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 1982 World Series. The 14th ALCS in league history, it began on October 5 and concluded on October 10. The Brewers overcame a two-games-to-none series deficit to defeat the Angels in five games, advancing to the World Series for the first time in franchise history. This was the first ALCS not to feature either the Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, or New York Yankees. This ALCS was marked by a dramatic comeback by the Brewers, who lost the first two games of the series and were trailing late in the final game, and the series was the first League Championship Series where the home team won every game. The series was noteworthy as being the first to feature a matchup between two "expansion" teams (i.e., franchises not included...

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