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The 12 best draft picks by the Detroit Tigers - Vintage Detroit Collection
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Tigers Opening Day 2016: Kirk Gibson to throw out 1st pitch
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Official Detroit Tigers Website
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1945 Tigers: Greenberg's blast in rain capped comeback
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That was a cool feeling': An oral history of Kirk Gibson's iconic 1988 home run - Sports Illustrated
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Joy of a team set, update 18 (putting the '88 Dodgers to bed)
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Tigers Opening Day through the years
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1984 Detroit Tigers World Series Framed Newspaper Front Page - Finland
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Kirk Gibson – Society for American Baseball Research
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Kirk Gibson's Home Run Ball Is Still Gone, Probably Forever - The New York Times
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1988 WS Game 1: Kirk Gibson's dramatic game-winning home run
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Ranking the Detroit Tigers greatest teams - Vintage Detroit Collection