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Detroit opened the World Series on the road, too, and split the first two games. They returned to Tiger Stadium to open what had turned out to be a best-of-five the rest of the way. Detroit won Game 3 behind the pitching of Milt Wilcox, and in Game 4 Alan Trammell hit two home runs and Lance Parrish hit another to give the Tigers a 3-1 edge in the World Series. The Detroit Free Press reported that storms had drenched the field for 10 straight days, and the temperature was 57 degrees. The Tigers started 28-yeaer-old right-hander Virgil Trucks on the mound, and St. Louis countered with 34-year-old right-hander Nels Potter.
I’m sure the viewers on ESPN would enjoy seeing both home runs back-to-back. To do less is to take away from the remarkable post season career of one of baseball’s most exciting players. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Robert Fick, a rookie whose only time in the big leagues was a callup in September of 1998 and a callup in September of 1999, came to the plate with the bases loaded. A left-handed hitter, Fick drilled the first pitch from reliever Jeff Montgomery off the roof in right field for a grand slam and the final home run at Tiger Stadium.
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However, Gossage refused and pitched to Gibson which would cost him dearly. I can’t help but think, however, that the national media eats up the ’88 home run because of the team for whom Gibson played. Unfortunately for Tigers fans, the national media considers the Los Angeles Dodgers more news worthy than the Detroit Tigers. On the eve of the 20th anniverary of Gibson’s home run with the Dodgers, I hope Tigers fans remind the national media that our team’s most memorable home run belongs in the highlight reel. This entry was posted in Detroit Tigers, MLB, Tale of the Tigers and tagged @detroittigers @kirkgibson. Meanwhile, the second-place Washington Senators had finished their season one week earlier.
The ’84 World Series was not very competitive, but it was still exciting. The Tigers were clearly the best team in baseball and they seemed to want to show off that fact. It seemed like leadoff man Lou Whitaker was on base every inning.
Rare Video of Sparky Anderson during Kirk Gibson’s 1984 World Series Home Run
Davis, who reached with a walk, broke for second base on the next pitch but Gibson fouled it off. On the third outside ball of the at-bat, Davis did swipe second base. Swinging almost entirely with his upper body, Gibson then hit the pitch over the right-field fence. He limped around the bases and pumped his fist as his teammates stormed the field. Their opponent in the National League Championship Series was the New York Mets, who had compiled a more impressive 100–60 (.625) regular season record, and had won 10 of their 11 regular-season meetings with the Dodgers. The NLCS was a surprisingly close contest given the outcomes of the two teams' regular season meetings.
In fiction, a court struggle over the ownership of the ball was the primary plot of the June 29, 2011, episode of TNT legal drama Franklin & Bash. Mike Davis, shown here with Oakland, drew a walk ahead of Gibson's at bat, and was on base as the Dodgers' potential tying run. One reason why the Dodgers were considered underdogs throughout the postseason was that they did not finish the regular season ranked in the top five of any major offensive statistical category. However, they were strengthened by an excellent starting rotation led by ace Orel Hershiser and backed up by Tim Belcher, John Tudor and Tim Leary.
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However I just came across the complete unedited version of the isolated camera on Anderson in the dugout that shows much more. It is amazing to see and hear Anderson while Gibson is at the plate. I suspect most people have never seen this full version.
Al Benton came on and pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save, and the Tigers had their first pennant since 1940. Hal Newhouser, who would win the American League MVP Award that season, was the winner in relief, moving his record to 25-9. On the 13th pitch, a slider broke over the plate and down toward Bergman’s feet, maybe 6 inches off the ground. Bergman swung and lifted the ball high and far into the right-field upper deck for a three-run home run. It was Bergman’s first home run for the Tigers, and it was the biggest of his career.
Gibson entered the September game in 1979 as a ninth-inning pinch-hitter for Dave Stegman, hopping out onto the on-deck circle when he received a wave from skipper Sparky Anderson, in just his fourth month as Detroit’s manager. Gibson, wearing #23 on the back of his home Tigers uniform, was stepping to the plate at Tiger Stadium, practically in the backyard of where he’d grown up in Michigan. The Tigers trailed the Yankees by a single run but were faced with the task of hitting Gossage, the most fearsome reliever in the game. Gibson said that when the count reached 3–2, he stepped out of the batter's box and, in his mind, could hear Didier's voice, with its distinctive Southern drawl, reiterating that same piece of advice. With that thought in mind, Gibson stepped back into the batter's box; and thus when Eckersley did in fact throw a backdoor slider, it was exactly the pitch Gibson was expecting. He smashed a 1-0 fastball in and just above the knees from Street deep into the stands in left field.
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Williams knew it was a huge risk to pitch to Gibson, but he gave his star reliever the benefit of the doubt. Thanks to the managers on both teams being microphoned throughout the game, the drama of the moment has been captured in all its glory. He was more patient, laid off bad pitches, and he was capable of shortening his stroke when he got behind in the count. A naturally gifted player, he could carry the team when he got on a hot streak.
On a late Sunday afternoon, the Tigers gave Dan Petry a 3-0 lead in the first inning, thanks to a two-run home run by Gibson. But the Padres weren’t through, and they battled back to tie it at 3-3. The Tigers took the lead in the bottom of the fifth when Gibson scored from third on a sacrifice fly to short right field; a ball that should have been caught by right fielder Tony Gwynn, who lost it in the lights. Second baseman Alan Wiggins caught it, but his momentum was taking him away from the plate, and Gibson’s speed allowed him to score the go-ahead run. In the second game of the doubleheader, Brown started in left field and hit clean-up.
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