HOPPER THREAD · 3 CONNECTIONS
Three nights in the stands
Gibson, Muncy, Freeman—and the experience of being there. Public footage supplies the shared record; the collection owner’s recordings will add the view from his seat.
BEGIN WITH
Kirk Gibson →
A player remembered here through a remarkable pinch-hit appearance and the larger career behind it.
- 01 · DOCUMENTED CONNECTION
The at-bat that starts the memory
Start with the full situation around Gibson’s pinch-hit appearance, then the home run. The player’s story gives the first game a particular point of entry.
Sporting event
1988 World Series · Game 1 →
Kirk Gibson’s pinch-hit home run turns a ninth-inning deficit into an unforgettable Dodgers victory.
- 02 · PERSONAL CONNECTION
Another ending, another seat in the crowd
The collection owner attended both games and recorded their winning home runs. The connection is a personal history of witnessing, not a claim that the games followed an identical pattern.
Sporting event
2018 World Series · Game 3 →
An eighteen-inning game ends with Max Muncy’s home run at Dodger Stadium.
- 03 · PERSONAL CONNECTION
Eighteen innings, twice
Both Game 3s reached eighteen innings at Dodger Stadium. The owner was present for each. That rare repetition connects the historical record to an unusually specific personal memory.
Sporting event
2025 World Series · Game 3 →
Freddie Freeman ends another eighteen-inning World Series game at Dodger Stadium with a home run.