1988 game 1 world series

We present them here for purely educational purposes. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos. All rights reserved. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. He was busy hitting in the Dodgers' batting cage, with then-batboy and now clubhouse manager Mitch Poole continually placing baseballs on a tee.

I was aware of what the order was. Stewart led the AL with 14 complete games in , but after eight innings he gave way to Dennis Eckersley, the former starter turned best closer in the game. In his first full season as closer, the year-old Eckersley saved 45 games, put up a 2. But after getting Mike Scioscia to pop out and striking out Jeff Hamilton on three pitches, Eckersley issued a walk to Mike Davis, the free agent bust who hit just. Gibson quickly fell behind in the count to Eckersley and looked overmatched at the plate, which was understandable given his physical condition.

When Davis stole second base all Gibson was thinking was to hit a game-tying single. Until the count went full, that is. Gibson has many times credited Dodgers scout Mel Diddier for telling him that Eckersley would try a backdoor slider on a full count, and usually the quote begins with "Partner, sure as I'm standing here breathing Your browser does not support iframes.

After over a minute of silence, letting the crowd tell the story, Scully added, "In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.

Don Drysdale, calling the game for the Dodgers on radio, had a great call as well thanks to Josh Suchon for the audio. Suchon in his great book 'Miracle Men' talked to Poole:. Report an error. More Postseason Pages. Full Site Menu Return to Top. Louis Cardinals. We're Social Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Benefiting from the American League ballpark rule that allowed for a DH on both sides, the LA slugger drilled a two-run homer in the fourth en route to a Dodger victory that wrapped up their seventh championship and sixth World Series crown.

He's one of the classiest, team-oriented players I've ever been around. Did you know that Jose Canseco was the American League home run leader coming into the World Series and during Game 1 he hit his first career including regular season grand slam. Mickey Hatcher had only one 1 home run during the entire regular season, yet he set the tone for the Fall Classic in Game 1 with with a two 2 run left-center blast.

Orel Hershiser started two 2 games, won both games, completed both no relief , threw a shutout in one 1 of the two 2 and finished the series with a 1. Copyright Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. Part of the Baseball Almanac Family. Follow BaseballAlmanac Find us on Facebook. Haas, Jr. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today.

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