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Baseball legend Kirk Gibson raising awareness to Parkinson's disease through foundation - CBS Detroit
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Detroit Tigers Kirk Gibson World Series Home Run Off Goose Gossage You Don't Wanna Walk Him!
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How Sports Legend Kirk Gibson is Fighting Back Against Parkinson's Disease - Hour Detroit Magazine
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Greatest Michigan-born home run hitters in Major League Baseball history
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Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run - Wikipedia
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Nightengale: Gibson's magical HR resonates 25 years later
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Why the Detroit Tigers' greatest DH might also be their worst
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Cameron Maybin, Todd Jones join Tigers broadcast team
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Tigers Opening Day through the years
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These players started the most opening day games for the Detroit Tigers - Vintage Detroit Collection
Had this sign in person at a card show in Mt Clements, Michigan. Money Back Guarantee on the autograph is real.
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Kirk Gibson Detroit Tigers Free Press Poster 1984 World Series 24x15 ORIGINAL!
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35-5: An Oral History of the Amazing Start by the 1984 Detroit Tigers - Vintage Detroit Collection
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Missing Detroit Tigers' Opening Day? Here are 9 greats from the past
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That was a cool feeling': An oral history of Kirk Gibson's iconic 1988 home run - Sports Illustrated