home run

Eckersley threw it, Gibson hit it for a home run, and the Dodgers went on to win the World Series.

Instead, he hit the game-winning home run, nearly levitated around first base, and became an October hero yet again.

Over his final 47 games of the regular season, he batted .317 and nearly doubled his home run total, jumping from 11 on Aug. 4 to 20 by the end of the term.

The same crowd that can’t distinguish home runs from fly balls was chanting his first name throughout the ballpark after just two pitches.

He hit 27 home runs and 32 doubles.