<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: AmaYankees anqoba i-AL East ngemidlalo engu-11 ngaphezu kweBaltimore, eqinisekisa ukubonakala kwawo kokuqala kokugcina kusukela ngo-1964. Ezindaweni  <response>: Ngo-1976 i-American League Championship Series, yadlala neKansas City. Ukugijimisa amabhasi ngendlela enobudlova, kanye nokugxambukela ebhentshini okungenzeka kwabangela ukuba umdlali wasebhange wesithathu wamaRoyals uGeorge Brett enze amaphutha amabili abalulekile, kwasiza iNew York ukuba iwine uMdlalo Wokuqala, kodwa iKansas City yanqoba emibili kwemithathu elandelayo. Ukukhetha kukaMartin u-Ed Figueroa ukuthi adlale umdlalo wesihlanu onqumayo eYankee Stadium kwaba nokuphikisana njengoba uFigueroa engadlalanga kahle ngasekupheleni kwesizini futhi elahlekelwe ngumdlalo wesibili, kodwa wayesesimweni esihle futhi wasiza amaYankees ukuba ahole ngo-6-3 emdlalweni wesishiyagalombili lapho uBrett elinganisa umdlalo nge-home run emithathu. UMartin akazange avumele ukuba i-home run imphazamise, futhi waba nengxoxo ngamazwi nomshayi olandelayo, uJohn Mayberry, owasiza ukuvusa amaYankees ekungakholweni kwabo okushaqekile ku-home run kaBrett. Umdlali wasebhange wokuqala wamaYankees uChris Chambliss washayela i-pitch yokuqala yaphansi kweyesishiyagalolunye phezu kodonga lwesigcawu sokudla, eqoqa amaYankees indondo yawo yokuqala kusukela ngo-1964, kanti uMartin waba ngowokuqala njengomphathi. AmaYankees abhekana neqembu elivikela isicoco somhlaba iReds ku-1976 World Series, futhi alahlekelwa emidlalweni emine elandelanayo. UMartin waxoshwa eMdlalweni Wesine, eYankee Stadium, ngemva kokugingqika ibhola le-baseball ebhekise kumphathi uBruce Froemming, okuwukuphela komdlali waseYankee owake waxoshwa emdlalweni we-World Series. 