 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kupinda mumwaka wa1975, Athletics yaifanira kubata nokurasikirwa nomupfuri Catfish Hunter, mukundi wemitambo 20 kana kupfuura mwaka mina yakatevedzana, uyo akanga ashandisa kuputswa kwechibvumirano kuti ave mushandi akasununguka ndokusaina neYankees. Zvakadaro, chikwata chakatumira 5532 rekodhi muhafu yekutanga yemwaka, uye vanomwe Athletics vaive chikamu cheAL All-Star Team, inotungamirwa naDark. Chikwata chakakunda AL West nemitambo minomwe pamusoro pemumhanyi weKansas City Royals; zvisinei, vakatsvairwa muALCSneBoston Red Sox. Kunyange zvazvo vakagadzira playoffs makore ose ari maviri pasi peDark, haana kutorwazve semutungamiri weAtletics muna 1976. Mukurukurirano yechechi muna September, Dark akanga ati, Kuna Mwari, Charlie Finley anongova chinhu chiduku zvikuru, chiduku. Kana asingagamuchiri Jesu Kristu somuponesi wake, achaenda kugehena. Apo Finley akazivisa kuti Dark akanga asingazodzoki nokuda kwa 1976, akataura kuti maneja wacho akanga akabatikana zvikuru nemibato yechechi. 