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
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