Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ndị Royals banyere n'asọmpi ahụ dị ka ndị na-agbasawanye na 1969. Ha nwere ihe ịga nke ọma na mbido n'okpuru nduzi nke Whitey Herzog, na-emeri nkewa ha site na 1976 ruo 1978, mana ọ na-efunahụ New York Yankees kwa afọ na American League Championship Series (ALCS), n'ikpeazụ na-achọ ịbọ ọbọ na sweep nke Yankees na 1980. Ndị Phillies nwere ihe yiri nke ahụ na-abanye n'usoro a, ebe ha bụkwa ndị mmeri nkewa site na 1976 ruo 1978, mana furu efu ugboro atọ na NLCS: na Cincinnati Reds na
1976, na Los Angeles Dodgers n'afọ 1977 na 1978. Na 1980, ha meriri n'ikpeazụ, na-agbakọta n'okporo ụzọ iji kpochapụ Houston Astros.