1981 American League Division Series
The 1981 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 1981 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 6, and ended on Sunday, October 11. The Division Series were approved by team owners on August 6 in response to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, which caused the cancellation of roughly one-third of the regular season between June 12 and August 9; by the time play was resumed, it was decided that the best approach was to have the first-half leaders automatically qualify for postseason play, and allow all the teams to begin the second half with a clean slate.
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| Dates | October 6 – 9 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ABC | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Al Michaels and Jim Palmer | ||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS KSFO (Athletics' broadcast) WIBW (Royals' broadcast) | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | CBS: Ned Martin and Bill White KSFO: Bill King, Lon Simmons and Wayne Hagin WIBW: Denny Matthews and Fred White | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | George Maloney, Joe Brinkman, Steve Palermo, Don Denkinger, Jim Evans, Jim McKean | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 7 – 11 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ABC | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Keith Jackson, Don Drysdale and Howard Cosell (Games 1–3, 5) Don Drysdale and Howard Cosell (Game 4) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS WABC (Yankees' broadcast) WISN (Brewers' broadcast) | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | CBS: Ernie Harwell and Curt Gowdy WABC: Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White and Fran Healy WISN: Lorn Brown and Bob Uecker | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Larry McCoy, Dale Ford, Ken Kaiser, Dave Phillips, Al Clark, Mike Reilly | ||||||||||||
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