Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge ọrụ ya, a na-eji Nnụnụ eme ihe n'ọtụtụ ọrụ pitching, na-agbanwe site na bullpen na mmalite mmalite na azụ. Nnụnụ pụtara na egwuregwu isii postseason site na 1976 ruo 1978, ha niile na ndị eze, na oge ọ bụla megide New York Yankees, na-eziga 2.35 ERA na 7.2 innings pitched. Mgbe ezi ọrụ na
Na 1976 na 1977 playoffs, Bird bụ onye a kacha mara amara maka inyefe Thurman Munson ọsọ abụọ na-agba ọsọ na nke asatọ nke Egwuregwu Atọ n'oge 1978 American League Championship Series.