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Article: Wheaties Commemorates Kirk Gibson's Home-Run Heroics; New Special-Edition Package Features Gibson's 1988 World Series Game-Winning Homer.

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LOS ANGELES -- "Bottom of the ninth, two outs" has echoed through backyards and ball-fields for generations, and has sparked the enthusiastic imaginations of countless aspiring young ballplayers through the years. But for Los Angeles Dodgers fans, those words will forever find meaning in Kirk Gibson's pinch-hit, ninth-inning home run that beat the Oakland A's to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, sparking the Dodgers' championship run.

Gibson's heroic feat is now being honored on the cover of a new Wheaties package, which was unveiled today at Dodger Stadium.

That memorable home run tops a multitude of highlights from Gibson's illustrious 17-year Major ...

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