 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hooton akatanga Game 3 ye1977 NLCSkurwisa Phillies, asi akabviswa mushure mekuburitsa matatu akateedzana emabhesi-akaremerwa kufamba muchikamu chechipiri; maDodgers akadzoka kuzokunda, 65. MuWorld Series vachipesana neNew York Yankees, akaisa 6-1 kukunda muGame 2, achibvumira vashanu chete uye achibvisa 14 yevatambi gumi nevashanu vekupedzisira kubatanidza Series mumutambo mumwe nemumwe. Asi mumutambo 6, akabva muchikamu chechina neDodgers iri kumashure, 4-3 mushure mekubvumira Reggie Jackson-Jackson kutanga kwevatatu mumutambo, vese vari padanho rekutanga. Yankees yakakunda 84, ichitora Series mumitambo mitanhatu. The 1978 playoffs vaiva rematches; muna Game 1 of the NLCS pamusoro Phillies, Hooton akasiya pashure kubvumira run matatu wechishanu inning, kunyange zvazvo Dodgers achiri akatungamirira, 74, uye akapfuurira kuhwina mutambo. Mumutambo wekudzokorora neYankees akakunda Game 2, achisiya muchikamu chechinomwe aine 4x2 inotungamira sezvo Los Angeles yakabata 4x3 kuhwina kutora 2x0 Series kumucheto. Asi Mutambo 5 wakanga uri kumwe kukundwa kukuru sezvo Hooton akaburitswa mushure mekubvumira kumhanya mana muchikamu chechitatu che4x2 Yankee inotungamira, neNew York ichitamba kusvika pa12x2 blowout uye kukunda kwavo kwechitatu kwakateedzana. MaYankees akakundazve mazuva maviri gare gare nokuda kwokutanga kwavo kwechipiri kwakatevedzana. 