Kirk Gibson

If Mike Davis doesn't do his job, Kirk Gibson doesn't hobble to the plate in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. If Davis doesn't reach base against the greatest relief pitcher of his generation, Gibson doesn't hit perhaps the most dramatic walk-off home run in recent World Series history. If Davis doesn't extend the inning, the ragtag Dodgers probably don't win the Series against the favored Oakland A's. "And all I did," Davis says, "was walk." In so doing, however, the former A's outfielder set the stage for Gibson's much-replayed blast and helped ease for Davis the sting of what had been a dismal, frustrating season.