35 years ago tonight, i was sitting and standing in the right field pavilion at dodger stadium with my dad. you know the story - the "impossible" happened - and we made the pavilion bounce.
leaf included the 1988 dodgers in their "cinderella story" subset as part of the 2022 in the game used sports release, and i was finally able to snag one at a price i was comfortable paying
kirk gibson, who hit the home run to end game 1 of the world series.tommy lasorda, whose run out to the field after the home run was a wobbling sprint of pure joy.orel hershiser, who met gibson halfway up the third base line on his way home and then won both of his starts in the series, including the clincher.steve sax, who escorted gibson to the plate, making sure nobody jumped on him before he touched home.
this is a card i am happy to have in my collection, and i daresay that the lack of logos makes it mostly affordable.
i can't believe it's been 35 years since i spent that evening in chavez ravine, but i do believe what i saw that night.
Modern Leaf card are never for me, but this one isn't as bad as most of their other ones usually are. And for someone with your collecting interests, it almost seems like they made this card specifically for you.
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