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Remembering Kirk Gibson's home run, 25 years later
When time stopped 25 years ago, where were you? At 8:37 p.m. on Oct. 15, 1988, Kirk Gibson reached out across the plate from the left-handed batters box at Dodger Stadium. He flipped his bat awkwardly with as much arm strength has he could generate since his legs were of little use at that point. The result was a fly ball that kept going and going and going, and the backdoor slider from future Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley landed …
