Dennis Eckersley, Class of 2004

Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley, class of 2004, sits down with Jon Paul Morosi to discuss his unconventional journey to Cooperstown. Eckersley details how, after 12 years as a starting pitcher, he became one of the most dominant closers in baseball history, why giving up the game-winning home run to Kirk Gibson in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series turned out to be one of the "proudest" moments of his career and which home run was more "painful" than Gibson's memorable trip around the bases.

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