<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: UJackson, owayekhokhelwe u-140,000 ngo-1975 futhi engomunye wabadlali abangu-9 base-Oakland abenqaba ukusayina izinkontileka zika-1976, wafuna isivumelwano seminyaka emithathu sika-600,000. Njengoba kwakuseduze ukuba abe ngumdlali okhululekile ngemuva kwesizini kanye nokulindela amaholo aphezulu umnikazi we-Athletics uFinley ayengathandi ukuwakhokhela, washintshaniswa noKen Holtzman kanye nomdlali we-minor-league ongakwesokudla uBill Van Bommel eBaltimore Orioles ngoDon Baylor, uMike Torrez noPaul Mitchell ngo-Ephreli 2, 1976. UJackson akazange asayine inkontileka futhi wasongela ukuthi uzohlala ngaphandle kwesizini; wabika kuma-Orioles emasontweni amane kamuva, futhi wenza ukubonakala kwakhe kokuqala kweplate eBaltimore nase-Oakland bobabili baqeda endaweni yesibili ezigabeni zabo ngo-; amaYankees namaRoyals athuthukela  <response>: I-ALCS, eyokuqala ngaphandle kwama-A kusukela ngo-1970. Phakathi nesizini kaJackson eyedwa eBaltimore weba ama-base angu-28, okuyinani eliphakeme kunawo wonke. Kamuva uJim Palmer wabhala, Ngingasho ukuthi uReggie Jackson wayeqhosha. Kodwa igama elithi ukuzikhukhumeza alizikhukhumezi ngokwanele. Kodwa-ke, wacabanga ukuthi i-Orioles yenza iphutha le-brick-brained ngokungamisayini enkontilekeni, emvumela ukuba abe yi-agent yamahhala. 