 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokunge maRoyals apedza panzvimbo yechipiri muna 1979, Herzog akadzingwa uye akatsiviwa naJim Frey. Vazhinji vanodavira kuti kudzingwa kwacho kwakanga kwakonzerwa noukama hwakaoma hwaHerzog nehofisi huru yeRoyal kusanganisira Mutungamiriri Mukuru Joe Burke, muridzi Ewing Kauffman, uye mudzimai waKauffman, Muriel. Pasi paFrey, maRoyals akadzokazve muna 1980 uye akakwira kuALCS, kwavakatarisanazve nemaYankees. Chikwata chacho chaitungamirirwa naBrett, uyo akahwina mubairo weMVP weAL, uye Willie Wilson, uyo akafadza vanhu vakawanda nokuba mabhesi nokurova homeruns. 