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After losing the 1981 World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers (whom they had beaten in consecutive World Series in 1977 and 1978 after besting the Royals for the American League crown), the Yankees would not again appear in the Fall Classic until winning in 1996 under veteran manager Joe Torre—in a coincidental twist, their best subsequent ...
The 1976 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five playoff in Major League Baseball's 1976 postseason which pitted the New York Yankees against the Kansas City Royals for the American League pennant and the right to represent the American League in the 1976 World Series. The Yankees defeated the Royals in five games to advance to ...
The Royals made the playoffs for the first time in 1976 and came up just short of the World Series. The Yankees won the best-of-five series with a 7-6 victory in Game 5. ... season, while the ...
The games were played at Yankee Stadium (Games 1–2), and Royals Stadium (3–5). The Yankees took the series 3–2, and defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1977 World Series to take the title. Kansas City was given home-field advantage as it rotated back to the Western division; the Royals held a 102–60 record to the Yankees' 100–62 ...
New York won the season series against the Royals (5-2), but Baltimore had won the season series and that turned out just fine for Kansas City. ... Royals vs. Yankees. Game 1: Royals at Yankees, 5 ...
The Royals finished the 2024 regular season 86-76. They won three postseason games — sweeping the Baltimore Orioles in an AL Wild Card Series — and brought playoff baseball back to Kansas City ...
The 1978 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five playoff in Major League Baseball's 1978 postseason pitting the New York Yankees against the Kansas City Royals for the American League pennant and the right to represent the American League in the 1978 World Series. The Yankees defeated the Royals for the third straight year to win ...
The Royals swept the Baltimore Orioles in the Wild Card Series to advance to their first ALDS since 2015, the year they won the World Series. New York won the season series, 5–2, outscoring Kansas City, 42–24. [6] [7] This is a renewal of a classic playoff rivalry from the mid-1970s to early 1980s.