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Watch A's legend Dennis Eckersley throw out first pitch to Kirk Gibson

30 years after giving up one of the most iconic home runs in baseball history, it's fair to say former A's closer Dennis Eckersley doesn't have any hard feelings.

Eckersley, wearing a white, No. 43 A's jersey, threw out the first pitch to Kirk Gibson ahead of Game 4 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. A hobbled Gibson famously hit a walk-off home run off of Eckersley to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Gibson, clad in his No. 23 Dodgers jersey, initially took the mound to throw out the first pitch.