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...Gibson had four hits, including a pair of tape-measure homers, and drove in five runs yesterday to lead the Tigers to a 6-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the teams' season opener...
DETROIT--Kirk Gibson needed only one game to convince 51,437 opening-day fans in Tiger Stadium that he's worth every penny of the $4.1 million he wrested from Detroit in a bitter contract hassle over the winter...
...just too good to be true," said Gibson, who waved his glove at the cheering crowd when he returned to right field after the first blast and doffed his cap to his admirers after the second...
Mysteriously, and maybe a little more irregularly than by the decade, pitchers do seem to travel in clusters. Hubbell materialized in the swift company of Dizzy Dean and Lefty Gomez. Seaver enjoyed the prolonged fellowship of Steve Carlton, Jim Palmer and Nolan Ryan. Bob Gibson, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry formed their club. Even Walter Johnson had Rube Marquard. "There's some safety in numbers," Tom Browning agrees. "Last year, when Pete (Rose) was drawing the crowds, I was left alone to get a nice quiet...
...these greats were around--though none played in--the great 1968 World Series between the Tigers and the Cardinals. That series featured a great pitching match-up between Bob Gibson (1.12 ERA that year) and Denny McLain (the last 30-game winner at 31-4 that year). To no one's surprise, one pitcher won three games in the series that ended with the Tigers triumphing, four games to three. To everyone's surprise, though, the pitcher accomplishing this rare feat was neither Gibson or McLean. Ten points if you can identify that pitcher...