1980 National League Championship Series

This was, bar none, the greatest LCS of either league of all time even to this day and it isn't even close. Back then it was a 5 game series and 4 of the 5 games went to extra innings with the Phillies overcoming 8th inning deficits in both games 4 and 5 on the road. Game 5, Nolan Ryan had a 5-2 lead into the 8th inning and was something like 99-0 when entering the 8th inning for the lead only to see the Phils score 5 runs in the 8th to take a 7-5 lead but the pesky Astros tied it up in the bottom of the 8th. The Phils finally won it with doubles by Garry Maddox and Del Unser in the top of the 10th. Starting pitcher Dick Ruthven got the save in relief. I remember watching this series and to say it was a heart pounder was an understatement. No other LCS before or since had as much drama as this series had. This series was so emotionally draining that when the Phillies finally beat the Royals for their first ever World Series title, it was almost anti-climactic. The series went like this:

Game 1 @ Philadelphia: Phils-3 Astros-1
Game 2 @ Philadelphia: Astros-7 Phillies-4 (10 innings)
Game 3 @ Houston: Astros-1 Phillies-0 (11 innings)
Game 4 @ Houston: Phillies-5 Astros-3 (10 innings)
Game 5 @ Houston: Phillies-8 Astros-7 (10 innings)

Best play of the series, game 4 in the 10th inning game ties 3-3, Phillies had Pete Rose on 1st. Greg Lusinzki hits a screamer off of the left field wall and Rose, running all the way and through a stop sign, runs over now legendary manager Bruce Bochy planting his elbow on Bochy's grill in the process. Here is that play: