History
This was the second straight year in which the Royals and the Yankees squared off in the ALCS. The year before in the 1976 ALCS, the Yankees took the series in five games on a Chris Chambliss home run in the ninth inning of Game 5.
This series, they would again win it in their last at bat.
Read more about this topic: 1977 American League Championship Series
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