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The Record
Hall of ShameA catalog of baseball's lasting mistakes

Player

Kirk Gibson

1 entry · 1984

Goose Gossage in August 2007. This is not the pitch to Kirk Gibson in Game 5 of the 1984 World Series.
Pitching Disasters1984

Gossage Pitches to Gibson

In the eighth inning of the 1984 World Series, Dick Williams wanted Goose Gossage to walk Kirk Gibson. Gossage talked him out of it. Gibson hit a three-run homer.

Detroit Tigers · San Diego Padres