Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1976, kungiyoyin biyu sun bude kakar wasan su da juna a Philadelphia. An sanya Johnny Oates na Phillies a cikin rukunin tare da mai karɓar Bob Boone a cikin kakar. Koyaya, a wasan farko na kakar wasa, Oates ya fasa ƙashin ƙugu a cikin haɗuwa a gida tare da Dave Parker kuma ya rasa kusan rabin kakar. Phillies sun lashe lambar yabo ta farko ta National League ta Gabas, inda suka wuce alamar karni don cin nasara a kakar wasa a karo na farko a tarihin kamfani tare da nasara 101, wasanni tara a kan Pirates. Koyaya, kamar Pirates a shekarar da ta gabata, an kori Phillies a Wasannin Gasar Zakarun Kasa
ta hannun zakaran gasar Reds.