Programming Note: Watch Game 4 of the 1989 World Series between the Giants and A's on Thursday night at 8 p.m. on NBC Sports California and streaming here.
Dennis Eckersley is infamously connected to one of baseball’s biggest home runs.
Game 1 of the 1988 World Series saw a hobbling and pinch-hitting Kirk Gibson give his Dodgers victory with one ninth-inning swing of the bat in Los Angeles.
Oakland ended up losing the series.
“I’ve never moved on,” Eckersley said laughing and recalling the moment. “Guess what, you have to accept that.