Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A kwụrụ ya $140,000 na 1975 na otu n'ime ndị egwuregwu itoolu nke Oakland jụrụ ịbịanye aka na nkwekọrịta 1976, Jackson chọrọ nkwekọrịta $600,000 afọ atọ. Site na nnwere onwe na-abịanụ mgbe oge ahụ gasịrị na atụmanya nke ụgwọ ọnwa dị elu nke onye nwe Athletics Finley achọghị ịkwụ ụgwọ, a gbanwere ya na Ken Holtzman na obere egwuregwu aka nri Bill Van Bommel na Baltimore Orioles maka Don Baylor, Mike Torrez na Paul Mitchell na Eprel 2, 1976. Jackson abịaghị bịanye aka na nkwekọrịta ma yie egwu ịnọ n'oge a; ọ kọọrọ ndị Orioles izu anọ ka e mesịrị, wee mee ihe ngosi mbụ ya na Baltimore na Oakland ma mechie nke abụọ na ngalaba ha na ; ndị Yankees na Royals gara n'ihu na
ALCS, nke mbụ na-enweghị ndị A kemgbe 1970. N'ime oge Jackson nọrọ naanị ya na Baltimore, o zuuru isi iri abụọ na asatọ, nke kacha mma n'ọrụ ya. Jim Palmer mechara dee, "Aga m asị na Reggie Jackson dị mpako. Ma okwu ahụ bụ́ "mpako" ezughị ezu. " Agbanyeghị, o chere na Orioles mere "ụbụrụ brik" site na ịghara ịbịanye ya na nkwekọrịta, na-enye ya ohere ịghọ onye ọrụ nweere onwe ya.