Thanks for sharing, good to see you are back. I remember Kirk Gibson's homer and Orel Herscheiser's pitching in 1988, but my best personal memory was watching former Minnesota Twins outfielder baseman Mickey Hatcher. He played left field in place of Gibson.
Hatcher was a fan favorite with the Twins, and in the mid 80's he had a pretty good sized (by Twin's fans standards) fan group who called themselves "Mickey's Hatchery" in left field at the old Metrodome. That was typically where we would sit. Hatcher seemed like a real fun loving guy who enjoyed the game, and was very interactive and popular with the fans. Sadly he was released by the Twins prior to the 1987 season, the year the Twins won their first World Series. We were happy when he made it to the World Series with the Dodgers, and then he had a great performance (thanks to Retrosheet: .388, hit in every game, 2 HR, 5 RBI with 2 in games 1 and 5). It was something like good karma.
Thanks for sharing, good to see you are back. I remember Kirk Gibson's homer and Orel Herscheiser's pitching in 1988, but my best personal memory was watching former Minnesota Twins outfielder baseman Mickey Hatcher. He played left field in place of Gibson.
Hatcher was a fan favorite with the Twins, and in the mid 80's he had a pretty good sized (by Twin's fans standards) fan group who called themselves "Mickey's Hatchery" in left field at the old Metrodome. That was typically where we would sit. Hatcher seemed like a real fun loving guy who enjoyed the game, and was very interactive and popular with the fans. Sadly he was released by the Twins prior to the 1987 season, the year the Twins won their first World Series. We were happy when he made it to the World Series with the Dodgers, and then he had a great performance (thanks to Retrosheet: .388, hit in every game, 2 HR, 5 RBI with 2 in games 1 and 5). It was something like good karma.