Diamond Legacies Video

The public video on Diamond Legacies is now posted on Kurt Bergland's Baseball World. Thank you to Kurt for featuring my game on his channel!

Now Available: Diamond Legacies 1975

Volume 3 of the Diamond Legacies series is published! Rosters are provided for all of the major league teams in 1975.

Diamond Legacies 1975 is available as a paperback and as a Kindle e-book.

Diamond Legacies 1975: Second Game

For my next game with the 1975 teams, I went with Baltimore vs. California. The Orioles finished 2nd in the AL East that year and the Angels finished last in the AL West. The starting pitchers were Cy Young-winner Jim Palmer and fireballer Nolan Ryan. With these two Hall of Famers on the mound, a pitchers' duel seemed likely. And that's exactly what happened as both hurlers tossed complete games.

Palmer mowed down the Angels, racking up 13 Ks while surrendering only 7 hits. Unfortunately for Baltimore, Jerry Remy and Dave Chalk each belted unlikely solo home runs for the Halos. The Ryan Express, meanwhile, rolled through the Oriole lineup with 11 strikeouts. In typical Ryan fashion, he issued 4 walks but gave up only 4 hits in completing the shutout. Baltimore loaded the bases with two outs in the first, but that was the high point for their offense in this game.

California 2, Baltimore 0

Diamond Legacies 1975: First Game

Diamond Legacies 1975 is nearing the finish line. The second proof copy is ordered and should arrive by Thursday. Hopefully there won't be many changes to make and the finished volume will be published in about a week.

In the meantime, I've started playing games with the 1975 teams. For the first game, the Philadelphia Phillies played the Kansas City Royals. They were a couple of second-place clubs in '75 that would become fixtures in the postseason in the years that followed.

Both teams started their aces (Steve Carlton vs. Steve Busby), so it was no surprise that neither side could score through the first five innings. In the bottom of the sixth, Kansas City finally broke through with a pair of runs on a George Brett RBI ground out and a John Mayberry triple. Big John drove in two more with a double in the eighth off Tug McGraw. Busby, meanwhile, was at the top of his game, tossing a 6-hit shutout. Philadelphia's best chance to score came in the ninth when they had men at the corners with just one out. But Mike Schmidt grounded into a double play to end the game. Mayberry with his 3 RBI was the hitting star for KC, while Greg Luzinski had three hits to lead the Phillies.

Kansas City 4, Philadelphia 0

Kurt Bergland's Baseball World

Diamond Legacies was recently featured on Kurt Bergland's Baseball World! If you're interested in baseball simulation games, this is the YouTube channel for you:

Kurt Bergland’s Baseball World - YouTube 

The video on my game that Kurt posted this week is available only to channel members. Info on how to join his channel is in the link above. He will be posting another video on Diamond Legacies for the public that will premiere on February 22. 

If you are here as a result of Kurt's video, welcome and thank you for your interest in my game! I'm happy to report that the third book in the series is going to be available a bit sooner than I originally predicted in an earlier post. Diamond Legacies 1975 should be available in the last week of February.

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