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...record: 211 days by Cosmonauts Anatoly Berezovnoy and Valentin Lebedev, aboard the Salyut 7 space station in 1982. The U.S. record is 84 days, set in 1974 by Astronauts Gerald Carr, Edward Gibson and William Pogue aboard Skylab...
hitter whose home run and triple in an 8-1 victory over Kansas City began Detroit's sweep of the playoffs. Rightfielder Kirk Gibson homered in the second game and gathered hits in all three (.417) to be named the most valuable player. Lance Parrish, the bulging catcher, says, "I think the fact that so many of us have grown up together makes it easier to get excited for each other...
Going back to San Diego's five-game National League playoff victory over Chicago, the bullpen had gone 22 innings without giving up a run. Booker gave up the run after with walking the bases full, and San Diego's third pitcher, Greg Harris, hit Kirk Gibson in the foot with a pitch...
...worth an award, it is at least worth an honorable mention that the everyday player who stood his post best was Rightfielder Kirk Gibson, of all people, and so if he is not "the new Mickey Mantle," maybe he is the new Kirk Gibson. By dimension and disposition, Gibson continues to be the football player he was at Michigan State, a 6-ft. 3-in., 215-lb. flanker. "A very natural game for me," he said, "football came easy." It only appears that baseball should be simple for a muscleman fast and strong enough to take his homers inside...
...disaster." Lacking Mantle's arm, he was obliged to learn how to release the ball more quickly. Kaline showed him how, and while he was at it, reintroduced him properly to Al's old friend, right field. "I'm never going to be Mickey Mantle," said Gibson. "But I'm learning." Crowding 30 homers and 100 RBIS, he batted over...