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Kirk Gibson on Freddie Freeman's moment in World Series Game 1

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Kirk Gibson on Freddie Freeman's moment in World Series Game 1

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Kirk Gibson was the talk of the town after Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the 2024 World Series on Saturday.

Gibson told Dodgers Insider that he didn't watch most of the game because he was at his farm in Michigan. But as he checked in, he had a sense of what might happen with Freeman at the plate and the bases loaded.

“I just thought, 'This is going to happen,'” Gibson told Dodgers Insider. “I could just feel it.”

Freeman's defining moment prompted Dodger fans and baseball experts to draw a comparison between his and Gibson's home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.

Battling injuries to both legs, Gibson hit a narrow walk-off home run to make his name in the Dodgers history books. It was his only at-bat in the 1988 World Series.

Freeman sprained his ankle before the postseason and is spending extra hours in the training room before playoff games.

Gibson was pleased that Freeman was able to take advantage of the moment, considering everything the first basemen have had to overcome this season.

“He’s been through everything this year and it’s unbelievable,” Gibson told Dodgers Insider. “It must feel incredible. Not everything went smoothly. … It couldn’t have happened to a better guy.”

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