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File Name: Total Classics 1977

File Submitter: Jim825

File Submitted: 30 Nov 2014

File Category: Total Classics

Version: 1.0



Total Classics 1977
By Jim825 & dennisjames71


Mix an arrogant slugger, a tempestuous manager and an impatient owner, and you've got the Yankees 1977 baseball season. Prior to 1977, free agent Reggie Jackson left the Baltimore Orioles and joined the Yankee roster.
During the season, Reggie fought with Yankees manager Billy Martin, who clashed with owner George Steinbrenner, who didn't get along with anyone. Yankeeland quickly became known as the "Bronx Zoo."
At the start of 1977, it looked like the Yankees would breeze to the playoffs. They won 97 in 1976, and now they added Jackson, Don Gullett, Mike Torrez, and Bucky Dent -- not to mention rookie phenom Ron Guidry.
But the Yanks' season wasn't easy. New York won the American League East with 100 victories, but had to weather serious challenges from Baltimore and Boston, which both finished 2-1/2 games behind.
In the American League West, Kansas City won 102 games and took the division by 8 games over Texas.
In the National League, the big news was the trade of Tom Seaver to Cincinnati. The 32-year-old righthander posted a 14-3 record with the Reds, 21-6 overall.
The Reds finished 10 games behind the Dodgers. Steve Garvey (.297 average, 33 homers, 115 RBI), Reggie Smith (.307 average, 32 homer), Ron Cey (30 homers, 110 RBI), and Dusty Baker (.291 average, 30 homers) did the damage. The Dodgers became the only team in history to boast four players with at least 30 homers.
In the National League Championship Series, Los Angeles downed Philly in four games, with Baker blasting two key homers.
The American League Championship Series went down to the last inning of game five. New York burned Kansas City pitchers for three runs in the top of the ninth to win the deciding game 5-3.
The 1977 World Series between Los Angeles and New York became Jackson's private stage. In the sixth and final game, Mr. October launched three homers on three successive pitches to join another Yankee, Babe Ruth, as the only other player to hit three round-trippers in one Series game. Jackson batted .450 and belted a record five homers for the Series.
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the Total Classics 1977 mod brings you the sights and sounds of the 1977 baseball season. Besides rosters, portraits and audios, the mod provides themed menu screens and loading screens, stadium select screens with actual stadium photos, 1977 jukebox music, 1970's batter walkup music, an accurate 1977 schedule, a 1970's era overlay and correct 1970's era stadiums for every team.

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*** INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ***

- After you download the total_classics_1977.7z file, double-click to open it.

- Extract the contents of the file into a folder.

- Double-click the explodeme.exe file

- Find the location of a CLEAN (or patched) copy of MVP Baseball 2005 and click "Extract".

- Allow the program to extract all of the new content.

- Play the new Total Classics 1977 mod.
NOTE -- You MUST use an "unlocked" profile in order to have access to the 1977 uniforms

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*** VERSION HISTORY ***


v1.0

Initial release



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1977 was the year in baseball (I was 11) that would seal the deal for me as far as being helplessly in love and dedicated to the game of baseball. The entire season was a good "story book" that got better each and every day, with the playoffs and eventually a World Series that capped off one of the greatest seasons (IMO) that was ever played.

It was the first (and maybe the last) time that I can remember that each and every player from both teams (N.Y. and L.A.) would become powerful household names during the season, and especially the playoffs. The tension was immense, the atmosphere revolving around both teams, and especially Billy Martin, George Steinbrenner, and Reggie Jackson have not been duplicated since. Each and every time I might get lucky enough to see a program, or maybe a documentary about this particular season, I watch it and and just let all the memories come rushing back.

Thanks for putting this together, Jim, I'm sure it's fantastic. Your work has always spoken for itself.

I'm going to have to re install MVP again. Without question.

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1977 was the year in baseball (I was 11) that would seal the deal for me as far as being helplessly in love and dedicated to the game of baseball. The entire season was a good "story book" that got better each and every day, with the playoffs and eventually a World Series that capped off one of the greatest seasons (IMO) that was ever played.

It certainly was for me. This was the first time I saw the Yankees win a World Series and I will never forget that thrill.

It was the first (and maybe the last) time that I can remember that each and every player from both teams (N.Y. and L.A.) would become powerful household names during the season, and especially the playoffs. The tension was immense, the atmosphere revolving around both teams, and especially Billy Martin, George Steinbrenner, and Reggie Jackson have not been duplicated since. Each and every time I might get lucky enough to see a program, or maybe a documentary about this particular season, I watch it and and just let all the memories come rushing back.

I feel the same way. It was no easy road for the Yankees that year as they had to battle themselves, the Orioles, the Red Sox and a good Kansas City team to get to the series and the Dodgers had to get by a very talented Phillies team. What a great year.

I'm going to have to re install MVP again. Without question.

What??? I thought everyone had this installed. :D

By the way, where have you been? I hope you have been doing well. Enjoy this mod. Jim and Dennis did a great job. I played a game late last night and it's all that you would expect it to be!

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I've had one strange year, Y4L. I'm just now getting back on track. I even would up in the hospital for awhile with dangerously low sodium, and had to learn to walk again. It really messed me up. I was in Critical Care (or so they tell me) for a few days after my ex found me passed out on my apt floor. I had been feeling odd for at least two weeks to that point, and just couldn't figure out why my legs were becoming so weak. That said, I woke up with IV's poking out of me from everywhere. It was a scary time.

It's been a year I won't forget.

But anyway, I had uninstalled MVP when I had to replace my hard drive a couple of years ago, and just never had re installed it. Along comes Jim and Dennis with one of my favorite mod/eras of all time, and now I'm going to have to get back in the game, so to speak.

I really should have known better and re installed it a long time ago. :)

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