Some of the best, most tense and exciting baseball I’ve ever seen came when the Kansas City Royals were going to war – and that’s only slight hyperbole – with the New York Yankees in four American League Championship Series’ during a five-year span from 1976-80.
It was sensational. It was palpitating. And it was excruciating, especially a pair of Game 5s in 1976 and 1977, when the Royals were oh so close but couldn’t seal the deal.
My intent here is not to open old wounds here for Royals fans (or is it?), so I’ll be brief.