Word: kirks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...
Detroit right fielder Kirk Gibson who went 5-for-12 with one home fun in the series was unamimously selected. Most Valuable Player...
Other cities celebrate their champions, but Detroit glorifies and sanctifies them. Detroit is honoring its warriors the Kirk Gibsons, the Allan Trammels, and the Looooou Whitakers. They have given pride to our city and now is the time to enjoy this glorious moment...
Three Americans swept the 200; up the track they stopped and lighted on one knee with Lewis in the middle banding Kirk Baptiste and Thomas Jefferson in his long arms. Afterward again the prepared statement: "It was great to jog around holding the flag with two other guys and not just by myself." Now only the relay separated him from Owens, and Lewis appeared ready to go all out. "I have three guys that are unparalleled in front of me." Though early-round understudies are permissible in the relay, he staffed every round. "If anyone drops the baton," Tellez said...
...stands at the Santa Monica track are empty save for the security guards who only have eyes for stray spectators trying to pass through the chain-link fence. A female hurdler sprints along one side of the track. Lewis, his coach Tom Tellez, and Carl's friend Kirk Baptiste, a University of Houston sophomore who will run the 200 meter, set up shop on the opposite side. "Carl, go grab the tape measure!" Tellez yells from the stands. Lewis ambles over to the tape...