Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ndị Yankees meriri AL East site na egwuregwu iri na otu karịa Baltimore, na-echekwa ọhụhụ mbụ ha na postseason kemgbe 1964. Na 1976 American League Championship Series
, ha na Kansas City na-egwuri egwu. Ịgba bọọlụ na-agba ọsọ nke ọma, gbakwunyere ịgba bọọlụ na bench nke nwere ike ime ka onye na-agba bọọlụ nke atọ nke Royals bụ George Brett mee mmejọ abụọ dị oke mkpa, nyeere New York aka imeri egwuregwu nke mbụ, mana Kansas City meriri abụọ n'ime atọ ndị ọzọ. Nhọrọ Martin nke Ed Figueroa ka ọ gbaa egwuregwu nke ise na Yankee Stadium bụ ihe arụmụka ebe Figueroa agbaghị nke ọma na ngwụcha oge ma tufuo egwuregwu nke abụọ, mana ọ nọ n'ụdị dị mma ma nyere ndị Yankees aka na 6-3 na nke asatọ inning mgbe Brett jikọtara egwuregwu ahụ na agba ọsọ atọ. Martin ekweghị ka home run ahụ mee ka obi daa ya mbà, ya na onye na-esote ya, John Mayberry, kparịtakwara okwu, nke nyeere ndị Yankees aka iteta n'ụra site n'ụjọ ha na-atụ na Brett gbara home run. Onye na-agba bọọlụ mbụ nke Yankees bụ Chris Chambliss gbara bọọlụ nke mbụ n'ọkara nke itoolu n'elu mgbidi aka nri, na-eme ka ndị Yankees nweta akara mbụ ha kemgbe 1964, na Martin nke mbụ ya dị ka onye njikwa. Ndị Yankees zutere onye na-agbachitere ụwa Reds na 1976 World Series, ma tufuo egwuregwu anọ n'usoro. A chụpụrụ Martin n'egwuregwu nke anọ, na Yankee Stadium, mgbe ọ tụgharịrị bọọlụ baseball n'ebe onye ọka ikpe Bruce Froemming, bụ naanị Yankee a chụpụrụ n'egwuregwu World Series.