Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yankees sun lashe AL East da wasanni 11 a kan Baltimore, suna tabbatar da bayyanarsu ta farko tun daga 1964. A cikin 1976 American League Championship Series
, sun buga Kansas City. Rikici mai karfi, da kuma benci mai ban mamaki wanda zai iya haifar da Royals na uku George Brett ya yi kuskure guda biyu, ya taimaka wa New York ya lashe wasan farko, amma Kansas City ya lashe biyu daga cikin uku na gaba. Zaɓin Martin na Ed Figueroa don ƙaddamar da wasa na biyar a Yankee Stadium ya kasance mai rikitarwa kamar yadda Figueroa bai yi nasara ba a ƙarshen kakar wasa kuma ya rasa Game Two, amma yana cikin kyakkyawan tsari kuma ya taimaka wa Yankees zuwa 6<unk>3 a cikin takwas inning<unk> lokacin da Brett ya daidaita wasan tare da gudu na gida uku. Martin bai bari wasan gida ya dame shi ba, kuma yana da musayar magana tare da mai buga na gaba, John Mayberry, wanda ya taimaka farkawa Yankees daga rashin yarda da rashin yarda da wasan gida na Brett. Dan wasan farko na Yankees Chris Chambliss ya jagoranci wasan farko na kasa na tara a kan bangon filin dama, ya ba Yankees lambar yabo ta farko tun 1964, kuma Martin na farko a matsayin manajan. Yankees sun fuskanci Reds masu kare duniya a 1976 World Series, kuma sun rasa wasanni hudu a jere. An fitar da Martin daga wasa na hudu, a filin wasa na Yankee, bayan da ya yi wasan baseball zuwa mai hukunci Bruce Froemming, Yankees kawai da aka fitar da shi daga wasan gasar cin kofin duniya.