Keeping it rolling with the Baseball Seasons episode review… Up next, is 1988. Where were you when Kirk Gibson hit the home run heard around the world?
I was 12 years old at the time, sitting in the living room, watching the events unfold with my family. I was rooting for the As all the way. Not sure why… after all, my little league team growing up was always the Dodgers. Maybe it was because of Jose Canseco, the first 40-40 guy back in 1988; he was great. I remember going to the Sox game at old Comiskey around that time, sitting in the left field bleachers for batting practice, as the Bash Brothers hit ball after ball into the stands; I didn’t get one though. They were awesome that year, winning 104 games, the best in baseball. They were favored big time to win against the Dodgers in the Series, but… the Dodgers had bucked the odds all year long.
If you look at that team, they weren’t that great on paper. Of course, they did have Orel Hershiser… the Cy Young winner, who pitched out of his mind late that year, topping Don Drysdale’s record of consecutive scoreless innings, ending up with 59 when it was all said and done. Damn, think about that… 6 straight shutouts! That’s some crazy shit. He was very good that postseason as well. And then there was Kirk Gibson, who left Detroit to come to Los Angeles and play with the Dodgers; talk about a flair for the dramatic. Yeah, the Dodgers weren’t expected to do much, but they did; they made the playoffs, but then they had to play the Mets. The Mets were huge favorites in that NLCS. With Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden (and David Cone) leading the way, they were looking to repeat their glory from 86. Dodgers took them out, then entered the World Series as huge underdogs to the As, who had just swept the Red Sox. After Canseco hit that grand slam in Game 1, I thought the As were on their way. Bringing in Eckersely, who was the ALCS MVP, saving all 4 games, to close out Game 1, it was in the bank, right? Well, up stepped Gibson, and banking on that backdoor slider on the 3-2 pitch, he broke the As back. The As never truly recovered, even after a walk-off HR by McGwire in Game 3; that would be the only game they won.
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As for that home run… when Gibson hit it, I was so pissed off. I remember getting up off the floor and throwing the TV guide across the room; I’m pretty sure I was sent straight to bed after those antics… and I wonder why my 9-year old son gets so mad when he loses… The As would have to wait until next year to get their title, while the Dodgers would have to wait until 2020 to win another. 1989 was also a pretty good year for the Cubbies… that’s up next.
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