How Kirk Gibson inspired a bunch of future Nationals fans. Since it is Opening Day, we’re going to have a few baseball stories. This one from 2016 by Rudy Gersten is worth checking out. It’s about Kirk Gibson’s’s famous 1988 World Series home run, a ball that hit Gersten’s aunt Pamela, a fact they would only find out a few years later.

Now, Kirk Gibson has signed that seat where Pamela was sitting, and the Dodgers have deemed it Seat #88.

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