The first baseball cards I ever purchased were the Topps 1975 cards, from Pat & Jim's on Delta Avenue in Gladstone. It's still my favorite card style - I'm not alone in that opinion.
That set, like many in the 1970's had summary cards of playoff and World Series games. So I started making those too.
Game 1 was a late victory for me with Dave Bergman hitting a pinch hit home run.
Game 2 A Joe Morgan homer was the difference.
Game 3 was another close battle, but my squad took a 3 games to 0 lead and Rollie Fingers picked up his 3rd save.
With their backs to the wall Fergie Jenkins went on 3 days rest and kept Paul's team alive.
Vida Blue pitched a gem in game 5 to close out the series.
Rollie Fingers and his 3 saves made him the MVP of the ALCS, other options were Dave Bergman and his 2 pinch hit homers, Manny Sanguillen or Hank Aaron pacing the offense. But in 5 close games, the bullpen made the real difference.
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