My buddy Brent sent me this today and I thought it was worth sharing:
Today is the 20th Anniversary of Game 1 of the 1988 World Series where Kirk Gibson stumbled into a backdoor slider from Dennis Eckersley and began the slowest home run trot ever.
I'm passing along this information because:
A. I'm old, and I wanted each of you to feel old, too.
B. I remember exactly where I was when the homer was hit
(In my parents basement. My yelling woke them up, since it was after midnight).
I had nothing invested in either team, yet I was watching every pitch.
After the Cubs debacle this year, it's nice to be reminded why I fell in love with the game in the first place.
That homer is probably one of the first clear memories I have of the World Series. Damn thing gives my goosebumps EVERY time they show it. I think that may be the greatest baseball highlight of my lifetime. I challenge my 3 readers to think of a better one.
Go Baseball.
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