An eight-day strike during Spring Training may have been an ominous portent of things soon to come, but the 1980 season also saw three tight divisional races, George Brett flirt with .400 into the schedule’s final two weeks and Nolan Ryan notch his 3000th career strikeout. As the season comes to its conclusion, the American League Champion Kansas City Royals (97-65) face off (again) against the National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies (91-71) . . .
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