The website just kicked off it’s 1988 Dodgers diary a few weeks ago and I was happy to find that we’re not the only one’s celebrating. MLB, along with A&E, have put together the Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 World Series Collector’s Edition and the highlight of the set is you get full coverage of all five World Series games. You not only get to see the stage being set for Kirk Gibson’s historic homerun off of Dennis Eckersley in game one, but you also get full games of the other four games as well. You get to see Orel Hershiser’s game two three hit shutout as well as the game five clincher.
If that wasn’t enough, you also get game’s four and seven of the NLCS. Game seven was another shutout by Hershiser while game four has what I’ve callen Kirk Gibson’s forgotten homerun. The Mets were up two games to one and the Dodgers scored two runs in the ninth of game four on a Mike Scioscia homer to send the game into extra frames and then Kirk Gibson belted a solo homer in the twelth to win it for the Dodgers. Without game four of the NLCS, there might not have been a World Series game one homer.
You also get all the bells and whistles. Interviews and more interviews, including some right after the game one homer by Gibby. You also get the award presentations as well as some additional game highlights, like when Orel Hershiser broke Don Drysdale’s consecutive scoreless innings record.
There’s just a ton of good stuff in here and if you’re a Dodgers fan, you should run out and buy this set so you can relive the Dodgers post season glory.
