Ka cika wannan magana: Lokaci na wasa yana da wuya a samu don "kayan gyara" na "Babban Red Machine". Lum ya ga karancin lokacin wasa a Cincinnati fiye da yadda ya saba, kamar yadda ya yi matsakaicin wasanni 156 ne kawai a kowane kakar wasa a cikin shekaru uku tare da Reds. A cikin, ya kai wasan bayan kakar wasa a karo na biyu a cikin aikinsa. Ya shiga daya kawai a-bat a cikin
Gasar Zakarun Kasa ta 1976 tare da Philadelphia Phillies, yana tashi a wasa na uku don kawo karshen wasa na bakwai. Bai taba zuwa buga kwallo a gasar cin kofin duniya da New York Yankees ba.