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Remembering Kirk Gibon’s walk-off home run 30 years later

On October 15, 1988, Kirk Gibson delivered one of the most iconic moments in baseball history. Down to his final strike, Gibson homered to right field, giving the Dodgers a 5-4 victory over the Oakland A’s in the World Series.

On this day in 1988, Kirk Gibson hit his iconic World Series walk-off HR when he could barely walk.

Let's look back at this moment with REWINDER! pic.twitter.com/uKx4qykeaT— SB Nation (@SBNation) October 15, 2018

The Dodgers trailed 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth, with arguably the best closer in the game on the mound.