Kammala wannan jumla: Bob Prince ya tafi a lokacin kaka na 1976, tare da Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell, da kuma mai ba da rahoto mai suna Reggie Jackson ya kira wannan shekara ta American League Championship Series. (Warner Wolf, Al Michaels da kuma bako manazarta Tom Seaver yi aiki da
NLCS.) Game da batun korarsa daga ABC, Bob Prince ya ce "Na ƙi Houston, kuma ABC ba ta taɓa barin ni in zama Bob Prince ba". Kwamishinan MLB Bowie Kuhn ya yi adawa sosai da ABC na daukar Howard Cosell saboda maganganun da Cosell ya yi a cikin 'yan shekarun nan game da yadda wasan ƙwallon baseball ya zama mai ban sha'awa. Amma Roone Arledge ya rike katin trump kamar yadda kwangilar da ya sanya hannu tare da Major League Baseball ya ba ABC damar karshe a kan masu sanarwa. Don haka Cosell ya yi aiki da ALCS na 1976 kuma ya zama memba na yau da kullun na "Monday Night Baseball" kakar wasa mai zuwa.