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  • Kirk Gibson to auction off bat used to hit historic World Series homer

    10/19/2010 5:18:56 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 37 replies
    Canadian Press via Google ^ | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 | Bob Baum
    Proceeds from the sale of the World Series trophy and MVP award will go to the Kirk Gibson Foundation to support Michigan State athletics and to help fund partial scholarships at the two Michigan high schools where his parents taught... After going through the stuff, he decided he was ready to part with the famous home run bat, batting helmet and home and road uniforms from the 1988 World Series. The uniform he wore when he hit that home run off Oakland's Dennis Eckersley has never been washed. Why? "That's just the way it is," he said. The bat's appearance...