1976 American League Championship Series
8th edition of Major League Baseball's American League Championship Series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1976 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five playoff pitting the New York Yankees against the Kansas City Royals for the American League pennant and the right to represent the American League in the 1976 World Series. The Yankees defeated the Royals in five games to advance to win their first pennant in twelve years.
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Dates | October 9–14 | |||||||||
Umpires | Joe Brinkman Larry Barnett George Maloney Bill Haller (crew chief) Art Frantz Larry McCoy | |||||||||
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Television | ABC KBMA-TV (Royals' broadcast) WPIX (Yankees' broadcast) | |||||||||
TV announcers | ABC: Bob Uecker (Game 1) Keith Jackson (Games 2–5) Howard Cosell and Reggie Jackson KBMA-TV: Denny Matthews and Fred White WPIX: Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto and Bill White | |||||||||
Radio | CBS | |||||||||
Radio announcers | Ernie Harwell and Ned Martin | |||||||||
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Chris Chambliss would cap a memorable series with the first ever walk-off home run to end a League Championship Series, a feat not matched again for 27 years.