I was kind of a volatile personality, very intense. Because of that, I drew some criticism and people would say things about me, and my parents had tried to defend me. I would just tell them don't worry about it. Our day will come.

Gibson signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. See also

1984 Detroit Tigers season
List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters
List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases. Gibson played only one year of college baseball but managed to hit.

Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28 1957) is an American former Major League Baseball player and current manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was named to the team twice in 1985 and 1988 but declined the invitation both times. Following his retirement as a player he spent five seasons as a television analyst in Detroit then became a coach for the Tigers in 2003.