Kirk Gibson Baseball

Joining the Dodgers as a free agent in 1988, Kirk Gibson's intensity spurred the team to a World Championship highlighted by his fabled Hollywood-like game-winning home run in the Series opener. The National League MVP that year, Kurt was kept out of the lineup by a leg injury, he pinch-hit with two outs in the bottom of the ninth with Mike Davis on base and the Dodgers down 4-3. Visibly wincing on each swing, he fouled off four pitches before he hit a slider into the right field stands off the A's immaculate relief ace Dennis Eckersley and limped around the bases while pumping his fists. It was his only at-bat in the Series. An All-America football flanker and baseball outfielder at Michigan State University, Gibson was Detroit's number-one pick in the June 1978 draft before moving to the Dodgers later in his career. Hand-signed by Kirk, this offical MLB baseball is a great remembrance of a great moment in Dodgers' history.