Relive Gibson Homerun in Cereal Box Form
By Ron - Tuesday June 07th 2005 |
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Major League Baseball reports a new 18-ounce Kirk Gibson Wheaties box will be available nationally beginning this week.
The commemorative cereal box gives Angelenos new opportunity to remind non-Angelenos how the bottom-of-the-ninth-two-out-pinch-hit- limp-to-the-plate-full-count-against-an-unhittable-closer-off-balance- game-winning-arm-pumping homerun is the greatest moment in the entirety of sports history.
Eye-rolling friends may return to Minnesota.
Ugh. I hate Kirk Gibson. When I was 11, he refused to give me his autograph. He’s a total jerk.
Don’t be a player hater. Literally.
Trust me, it’s well deserved. Yeah yeah he won the game in ’88. Still, he’s an ass.
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The only thing about seeing this matchless moment in person as a 14 year old kid at Dodger Stadium that wasn`t awesome was the creeping realization that my life had peaked in early adolescence. Truly, it has all been downhill since then.