10/03/2026
“A MOMENT OF VICTORY THANKS TO MANY FAILURES “
Kirk Gibson stepped into the box for LA as a pitch hitter in the bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, runner on second, trailing the Oakland A’s 4-3 in game one of the 1988 World Series.
The only reason he didn’t start the game was because his legs had given out. He works a full count on Eckersley and hits a 2 run walk off home run. Gibson explains the moment as this- “a moment of victory after a compilation of many failures”
