<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngonyaka olandelayo, iKansas City - umqhudelwano wayo we-postseason ezikhathini eziningana ezikhathini ezedlule - yaqasha uHowser ukuba aphathe imidlalo yokugcina engama-33 yesizini ye-1981 efushaniswe ngesiteleka. Ngaphansi kukaHawser, iRoyal yaphela endaweni yesibili ngo-1982 nango-1983. Ngaphambi kwesizini ka-1984, ne-clubhouse yabo ebhujiswa yizinkinga zezidakamizwa, abakwaRoyal baqala ukuhlukanisa iqembu labo futhi baqala kabusha. IKansas City yayilindele ukuthi u-1984 ube unyaka wokwakha kabusha, kodwa uHowser waqondisa iqembu elincane ekutholeni isihloko sesigaba. AmaRoyals anqotshwe yiDetroit Tigers emdlalweni we-American League Championship Series  <response>: , imidlalo emithathu kuya kokungenalutho. 