That’s what Jack Buck said when Kirk Gibson hit his famous home run off a Dennis Eckersley back-door slider in Game One of the 1988 World Series.
Move over, Mr. Buck, because tonight Justin Turner of the Dodgers hit the team’s first walkoff home run in a postseason game since that very one, 29 years to the day later.
.@redturn2’s #walkoff HR in #NLCS Game 2 comes on the 29th anniversary of @23kgibby's iconic #walkoff HR in World Series Game 1. pic.twitter.com/BWI6bgvsxn
— MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) October 16, 2017
Here they are with sound. First Gibby’s:
Then Turner’s:
Amazing coincidence, I calls it. The Dodgers now lead the series 2-0 and it moves to Chicago for Games Three, Four and if necessary Five.