Word: kirks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last Jan. 22, arbitrator Thomas Roberts made seven players from the first collusion case free agents. Kirk Gibson was the only one to switch teams, signing a three-year, $4.5-million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers...
...play-off snapshots are of Hernandez swimming to third base and drowning a foot from shore, of Los Angeles outfielder Kirk Gibson limping out the grand home runs on a frayed leg injected with cortisone (in the spirit of the times, a steroid; "It's amazing what drugs can do," he said), or of National League president A. Bartlett Giamatti sniffing Dodger relief pitcher Jay Howell's glove for pine tar or caramel ("I felt there could be some amelioration by me," said Giamatti, sounding like Casey Stengel). But the memory is of Jefferies botching a bunt, booting a double...
...Dodgers ended a streak of 13 consecutive victories by the home team in the World Series. They did it the hard way, with top hitters Kirk Gibson and Mike Marshall unable to start because of injuries and catcher Mike Scioscia forced to leave with a twisted right knee in the fourth inning...
...Kirk Gibson, the Dodgers' pinch hitter deluxe in the Series' opener, was not employed this time, even though Los Angeles was at the bottom of its batting order...
Mike Marshall contributed a three-run homer and a triple as the Dodgers again did everything right against the heavily favored Athletics. This time, Los Angeles didn't need miracle man Kirk Gibson, who won the series' opener with a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth but did not play last night because of hamstring and ligament damage...