Word: kirks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...counterpart, in a sense, was Kirk Gibson, the Detroit rightfielder who heaved the ball to Cutoff Man Lou Whitaker so precisely. "Last year," Gibson said, "I quite possibly could have thrown a 20-ft. slider. Al Kaline won't take any credit, but he taught me." The following day, fortunes reversed, and against Bevacqua's home run, Gibson made two errors. Dusty Rhodes, Al Gionfriddo, Gene Tenace and the usual list of fateful World Series names was redrawn and then increased. Marty Castillo, whom Anderson describes as "the fool-around, funny guy" of the Tigers, homered with...
...once thought Vincent the Dutchman had been a trifle oversold, from Kirk Douglas gritting his mandibles in the loony bin at Saint-Rémy to Greek zillionaires screwing his cypresses to the stateroom bulkheads of their yachts, you would be wrong. The process never ends. Its latest form is "Van Gogh in Aries," at New York City's Metropolitan Museum. Viewed as a social phenomenon rather than as a group of paintings and drawings, this show epitomizes the Met's leanings to cultural Reaganism: private opulence, public squalor. Weeks of private viewings have...
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...
...great shows of Picasso and late Cezanne. It involved close detective work in ferreting out not just the general kinds of tribal objects artists were looking at but, in many cases, the art itself; and its catalog, written by a strong team of art historians headed by Rubin and Kirk Varnedoe, is detailed and readable, opening a new phase in the study of its subject...
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...