Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Royals vakapinda muligi sechikwata chokuwedzera muna 1969. Vakava kubudirira mangwanani pasi utungamiri Whitey Herzog, kuhwina weboka ravo kubva 1976 kusvika 1978, asi akarasikirwa gore negore kuna New York Yankees muna American League Championship Series (ALCS), pakupedzisira achida kutsiva pamwe kutsvaira pamusoro Yankees muna 1980. VaPhillies vaive nehurongwa hwakafanana vachipinda muChikamu ichi, sezvo vaivewo vakundi vekuparadzanisa kubva muna 1976 kusvika muna 1978, asi vakarasikirwa katatu vakateedzana NLCS: kuCincinnati Reds muna 1976
, uye Los Angeles Dodgers muna 1977 na1978. Muna 1980, pakupedzisira vakakunda, vachiungana mumugwagwa kuti vabvise Houston Astros.