Time
to add the American League Championship series to the newly designed
1979 missing postseason sub-set, following the National League
counterpart from last week:
Over in the American League, the New York Yankees once again defeated
the upstart Kansas City Royals for a third straight season, heading to
the World Series once again to meet the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Yankees took the series 3 games to 1, with Ron Guidry supplying the
series-clincher in a 2-1 win at the Stadium on October 7th.
Reggie Jackson led the way for the Yanks, hitting .462 with two homers
and six runs batted in, with Mickey Rivers and Chris Chambliss also
reaching .400.
On the Kansas City side, George Brett and Amos Otis did their best to
bring an American League championship to K.C., hitting .389 and .429
respectively, with Brett also supplying the muscle, hitting three homers
and scoring seven runs.
So the tables were set for yet another NY-LA match-up, and beginning
next week we’ll go through each game with a highlight card, in full
color.
Stay tuned!