Dennis Eckersley looks back on Kirk Gibson's home run

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On October 15, 1988, Dennis Eckersley surrendered a walk-off home run to Kirk Gibson, despite Gibson being hobbled with a knee injury
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@therealbs2000 4 года назад

DAMN. this dude eck not only HOF pitcher, he a HOF storyteller. Respect

@artvandelay7608 4 года назад

Eck always struck me as being arrogant in his day. I was wrong. What a class act!

@INYB 2 года назад

On the field he was very arrogant. As any exceptional athlete should be. Some carry that arrogance of the field. Some dont.

@mitchwinder1204 2 года назад

Same here.

@wadexyz 11 месяцев назад

of course he was arrogant! but he's reflecting back on it now....he knows what a moment in history that was.

@GediSpock 4 года назад

As Gibson said. If you saw the swing. You’d never think it was going over the wall. Eck supplied the power. All he did was manage to swing the bat one more time. One of the greatest moments in sporting history.

@SkepticCyclist Год назад

It was a slider, an off speed pitch. Eck didn't provide the power.

@davidpallin772 2 года назад

Say what you want but those years 1985-1991 were some of the best damn baseball you will ever see. What an era, Dennis Eckersley was a dominant closer and not an arrogant sob. Tigers, Bluejays, Redsox, Twins, Brewers, Royals, Mets, Cards, and the Giants. In a way I am sad that that era and those players who were part of it have left the game so long ago.

@scottmorissey8915 2 месяца назад

Jays fan here. I didn't like Eck a a pitcher. Seemed so arrogant. But looking back, what an awesome hurler he was. Here, he's one awesome storyteller.

@ACEDIAMOND666 7 месяцев назад

Right field, Reserve Level, at the end, above A's bullpen, aisle seat, halfway up. That's where I was sitting on October 15th, 1988. I was 11. As a lifelong, 4th Generation Dodgers fan, I am an eyewitness to history.

@Blankford777 Год назад

He would get his ring next year, 1989. Eckersley averaged 200 IP and a 3.64ERA as a starter over the first 12 years of his career. For his final 10 years in the league he transitioned into an elite closer, averaging 37 SV per year. He would finish his 24 year career with 197 W and 390 SV. He debuted in April 1978 and pitched until the playoffs in 1998! First ballot HOF in 2004. PS - he struck out Jim Thome in his final inning pitched.

@fly1327 3 года назад

Kirk waiting for the backdoor slider on 3&2. Eck counting on that pitch to the left hander. A short wristy swing timed perfectly (golf teachers are seemingly mentally incapable of understanding). History. Two greats doing their best. Baseball at it's finest. I hope it comes back.

@LinkRocks 9 месяцев назад

Eck was THE closer in 1988 and for Gibby to hit one off him made the moment that more special.

@MrPablomex 5 лет назад

30 year ago today!! I still have goosebumps... !!!!

@tonycash5550 6 месяцев назад

One of the best clutch homeruns in baseball history.

@kevinshort4829 5 месяцев назад

Just a stand up human being. Has never ever made an excuse for the Gibson home run.

@boblozaintherealworld3577 4 месяца назад

LA native and long time Dodger fan here. I have to say I've seen the filmed conversation of Gibson and Eckersley, and it was very cool. They both remember that time 30 years later, and it's a testament to the peculiar kind of historical baseball moments that people still talk about. And Eckersley, for all his accomplishments, acknowledges each mistake he made. That's class. I recommend watching the 'Vin Scully' video of that whole 'at bat' scene. It has everything any baseball fan has experienced: 9th inning in a World Series game; injured star player coming in as pitch hitter; tie score runner on base; count goes to 0 and 2. Meanwhile, attempted base runner steals thwarted by pitcher's throws to first base, and the home town crowd booing. Count goes to 2 and 2. Base runner steals second. Count goes to 3 and 2 bottom of the 9th! Final pitch gets swatted into the outfield seats and the crowd literally goes nuts. That's as good as baseball gets, my friends.

@jritechnology 2 месяца назад

I watched this live on TV ..... I was 12 years old, played little league and for months I used to hobble up to the plate like Gibby did that night.

@TheNightHawk47 4 года назад

Eck needs to be on the joe Rogan podcast

@thejamesasher 3 года назад

just realized eck looks like jeff foxworthy

@josephmoore3656 4 года назад

I was in the 4th grade. Still hurts.

@lukebardo6156 5 лет назад

baseball is the best u never know

@quincee3376 10 месяцев назад

Happy 35th anniversary!!

@jeffreyrobinson6628 Месяц назад

This is like watching Mariano Rivera against Arizona in 2001

@jpavlvs 2 месяца назад

Is this what Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley going to be remembered for? Not for his WS win. Not for all the saves but for one walk off homer? It's nonsense.

@robbsps5games149 3 года назад

LINES

@FranciscoCastro-dx4ko 2 года назад

4yt

@teembo 5 лет назад

hahahahahaahahahahahahahahahaaahahhahahahaha.. from a dodger fan.

@Technici9nNo1 5 лет назад

What's even funnier is the dodgers losing back to back world series hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

@luigiinmycloset5689 5 лет назад

L.A. FOR The Win

@captainmorgan8691 5 лет назад

Neil Mello I’m voting you for president

@thecawdsquad875 3 года назад

@@luigiinmycloset5689 *

@RedtheCat2014 2 года назад

Hahahahahaha from a braves fan!! 😁😁😁😁😁😎😎😎😎😎😎

@DodgerFan1988 5 лет назад

He’s still bitter. LOL!

@genesis11am 5 лет назад

No he's not u idiot. He's a class act ball player if anything.

@jsoqbwbeks2653 3 года назад

I don't think he is

@user-wt8im2ro1p 3 года назад

@@genesis11am hes not a class act. Do you're history

@zachthomas7810 2 года назад

@@user-wt8im2ro1p do you are history

@user-wt8im2ro1p 2 года назад

@@zachthomas7810 huh?

@PanzerLehr88 4 года назад

THAT HOMERUN WAS THE ONLY THING GIBSON HAS EVER DONE IN HIS WHOLE CAREER HE WAS ALWAYS A MEDIOCRE PLAYER

@stevemoriarty6470 4 года назад

At least he never let a ball bounce off his head in to the seats for a hr. Mr. Canseco.

@frankmanto670 4 года назад

That's why it's easy for Eck to handle. For Eck it was one bad blip on a hall of fame career. For Gibson, it was one of only a few shining moments

@jaliscodiss 4 года назад

Actually Gibson was an integral part of the 1984 Detroit Tigers team which won the World Series. And in 1988 the Dodgers wouldn't have won the World Series without him--in fact they probably wouldn't have made the playoffs.

@jamesaren152 4 года назад

When the situation presented itself, he succeeded three times in the WORLD SERIES. His Dodgers homer is the one that any kid who’s ever held a bat has dreamed about.

@jeffmejia3556 2 года назад

He was an integral part of the locker room. Tough love type of player who made sure everyone was accountable for doing the their part good or bad. Word had it that prior to his arrival to the Dodgers there were a lot of Dodgers playing pranks, not taking the game seriously, not playing up to their capabilities. Gibson changed that. I agree he might have mediocre for that era but you still needed to be a really good player to be in the “Bigs”. Not like now with so many teams with expansions. There are players in the league now that would not be good enough to be in the “Bigs” in Gibsons era.