When the pressure was on, that's when Kirk Gibson, the baseball player, was at his best.
In April, Kirk Gibson, the man, stepped into the box to face his toughest opponent to date.
Gibson, the hero of Tigers and Dodgers World Series runs in the 1980s, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, just days after he made his return to Tigers TV telecasts.
"It was a kick in the (you know what)," Gibson said in a recent interview with The News. "I've never dealt with anything like that."
Gibson worked the Opening Day broadcast, and it was clear to those around him that he wasn't right.