As news spread of Kirk Gibson’s battle with Parkinson’s disease, reactions came in from across baseball. Most of it foretold of a heck of a fight coming from Gibson.
“I can’t see Kirk Gibson folding up shop and crawling into a corner over this,” Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said Tuesday. “I don’t think that’s in his DNA.”
Ausmus wasn’t a teammate of Gibson, missing him by a year in Detroit, but knows him well.
“Obviously you feel awful for Gibby and his family,” Ausmus said. “I’ve known Gibby for about 15 years, 16 years, and he’s always been great to me, a tremendous person.