Even the casual baseball fan knows all about Kirk Gibson and his legendary walk-off home run. The serious baseball fan knows Dennis Eckersley gave up the home run. The dedicated Dodgers fan knows Mike Davis drew the walk ahead of Gibson.
But even the most diehard among Dodgers fans would struggle to identify the winning pitcher that night.
Blake Treinen, meet Alejandro Pena.
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Freddie Freeman made a winner out of Treinen and all the Dodgers on Friday, blasting the first walk-off grand slam in the 121-year history of the World Series, sending a city into delirium and prompting instant mashups of the Gibson and Freeman home runs.