Next time they show the video of Kirk Gibson rounding first base at Dodger Stadium, cranking his right arm back and forth in a moment of sublime baseball glee after Gibson had just won Game 1 of the 1988 World Series with a home run, remember the celebrities and Hall of Famers who made that slice of baseball history possible.
Gibson.
Dennis Eckersley.
Tommy Lasorda.
And yes ... Darryl Rogers.
Indirectly, a football coach set it all in motion.
A football coach who died Tuesday in Fresno, California, in his sleep, at age 83.