 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pemwaka wa1978 uye kupedza nzvimbo yechipiri kaviri kwakatevedzana, Wagner akadzinga maneja Anderson - chiito chisingafarirwi. Pete Rose, uyo kubvira muna 1963 akanga atamba chinenge nzvimbo dzose dzechikwata kunze kwomupepeti, muchengeti wepasi, uye muchengeti, akasaina nePhiladelphia somunhu akasununguka. Pakazosvika 1979, vatambi vekutanga vaive Bench c, Dan Driessen 1b, Morgan 2b, Concepción ss, Ray Knight 3b, naGriffey, Foster, naGeronimo zvakare vari panhandare. Vatambi vakanga vachinjwa chose chose kubvira muna 1976 kunze kwaFred Norman. Mukuwedzera kuna ace anotanga Tom Seaver; vamwe vatangi vekutanga vaive Mike LaCoss, Bill Bonham, naPaul Moskau. Muhofisi, Bourbon chete ndiye akanga asara. Dave Tomlin naMario Soto vakashanda pakati nepakati naTom Hume naDoug Bair vachipedzisa. VaReds vakahwina 1979 NL West mushure mekukanda kwaTom Seaver asi vakatumirwa muNL playoffspedyo nePittsburgh. Mutambo wechipiri wakaratidza mutambo unopokana umo bhora rakarohwa naPittsburghs Phil Garner rakabatwa neCincinnati outfielder Dave Collins asi rakatongwa kuva musungo, zvichiita kuti maPirates atungamire 2-1. The Pirates vakatsvaira nhevedzano mitambo mitatu kusvika ku0 ndokupfuurira kukunda World Series vachipesana neBaltimore Orioles. 