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The 1979 New York Yankees season was the 77th season for the franchise. The season was marked by the death of their starting catcher, Thurman Munson, on August 2.The team finished with a record of 89–71, finishing fourth in the American League East, 13.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles, ending the Yankees' three-year domination of the AL East.
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The 1979–80 NBA season was the 34th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA Championship, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals , and is notable for being the year in which the three-point field goal was adopted.
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New York Yankees: 89: 71 .556 13½ 51–30 38–41 Detroit Tigers: 85: 76 .528 18 46–34 39–42 Cleveland Indians: 81: 80 .503 22 47–34 34–46 Toronto Blue Jays: 53: 109 .327 50½ 32–49 21–60
For the other teams, use: Washington Bullets - WSB; Boston Celtics - BOS; Houston Rockets - HOU; Cleveland Cavaliers - CLE; Detroit Pistons - DET; Atlanta Hawks - ATL
The 1978–79 NBA season was the 33rd season of the National Basketball Association.The season ended with the Seattle SuperSonics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Washington Bullets 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals, a rematch of the previous year's Finals, but with the opposite result.
This was the fourth postseason meeting of the Pirates–Reds rivalry this decade. The Reds won in 1970, 1972, and 1975.This time, the Pirates would return the favor, sweeping the Reds and returning to the World Series for the second time in nine years (in the process denying a rematch of the 1970 World Series between the Reds and Orioles).