Red Deer ended up with two teams. Bob Worobetz manager of the M&K Generals did not wish to continue in the Alberta Major Baseball League and decided to form a barnstorming team to play in Alaska and in tournaments and exhibitions on the prairies.
With that news, Red Deer put together another team, the Border Players to suit up in the AMBL. Veteran Marty Coil returned to manage the Generals while Fred Cardwell and Al Herback took over senior roles for the new club. A few players made appearances with both teams.
Red Deer Border Players captured the AMBL title with a 12-6 victory over Edmonton Tigers in the final of a five-team tournament.
The 1977 Saskatchewan Major League, Alberta Major League playoffs saw the top two teams, the pennant-winning Unity Cardinals and the runner-up Moose Jaw Devons, bounced from the post-season as the third and fourth-place teams fought for the SMBL title.
The Regina Red Sox, third-place finishers during the regular season, topped Eston in the best-of-three final to captured the championship for the second straight season.
Paul Nelson (left) of the Moose Jaw Devons won the the 1977 batting champioship of the Saskatchewan Major Baseball League. Nelson compiled a .437 average in 71 at bats to runaway with the title. Teammate Ned Andreoni was the runnerup at .409 with Roy Kemp of Saskatoon third with a .385 average. Andy Logan of Regina topped the circuit in home runs with 8 and Ned Andreoni of Moose Jaw had 24 runs batted, best in the loop.
Randy Sawa (right) of Regina had the top won-lost record, finishing with a perfect 5-0 mark. Rod Gehring of Unity finished with the lowest ERA, 2.22, and won four of five decisions.
In Manitoba, the Northern Division pennant-winners, Binscarth Orioles downed Hamiota Red Sox to win the Manitoba Senior Baseball League championship.
1977 marked the birth year of pitcher Ryan Dempster (Sechelt & Gibsons, BC).
The right-hander's best season was his eleventh in the majors when he posted a 17-6, 2.96 record with the Cubs in 206 and 2/3s innings. He racked up 187 strikeouts.
It came after he had been used strictly in relief for the two previous seasons. He made 33 starts in that 2008 campaign. Dempster played for 16 seasons in the majors, ending up with the Red sox in 2013.
He was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.