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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 ...
October 6 – The Yankees overcome three home runs by the Royals' George Brett to win Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, 6–5, and take a 2 games to 1 series lead. October 7 – The Los Angeles Dodgers win their second consecutive National League pennant over the Philadelphia Phillies, with an extra-inning 4–3 win in Game 4 ...
The 1978 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1978 season. The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
The KC-NY rivalry has since faded, but a new chapter will be added this week when the Royals and Yankees meet in an American League Division Series. Here is a look at their playoff history: 1976 ALCS
January 7 – George H. Burns, 84, first baseman for five American League teams who batted .307 in 1,866 career games over 16 seasons; led AL in hits twice (1918 and 1926) and won the league's MVP award in the latter year; member of two World Series champions, the 1920 Cleveland Indians and 1929 Philadelphia Athletics
The American League Championship Series (ALCS) is a best-of-seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) postseason. The winner of the ALCS wins the AL pennant and advances to the World Series, MLB's championship series, to play the winner of the National League's (NL ...
1978 American League Championship Series; 1978 American League East tie-breaker game; 1978 Atlanta Braves season; B. 1978 Baltimore Orioles season; 1978 Boston Red ...
In 1970, NBC televised the second games of both League Championship Series on a regional basis. Some markets received the NLCS at 1:00 pm. Eastern Time along with a 4:00 p.m. football game, while other markets got the ALCS at 4:00 p.m. along with a 1:00 p.m. football game.