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Kirk Gibson Recalls 1988 World Series Home Run After Freddie Freeman's Heroics

Gibson reacts to hitting a walk-off home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series against the Oakland A's. | Focus On Sport/Getty Images

Kirk Gibson was at a cabin in the woods of Northern Michigan at 11:37 p.m. ET Friday. He and a few friends did not have a television on. They were listening to Game 1 of the World Series on one of their phones.

“Like old times, huddled around a radio,” Gibson says with a laugh.

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