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Kirk Gibson on Justin Turner’s walk-off home run: ‘What a _______ team’

One day after Justin Turner joined an exclusive club — just two members! — of October 15 Dodgers walk-off home run heroes, the other member of the club chimed in.

Gibson, the catalyst of the 1988 Dodgers whose home run in Game 1 is one of the most famous in baseball history, used a phrase quite common among the players on that team.

A familiar refrain in the clubhouse that year was, “What a f**king team! How sweet it is, to taste the fruits of victory,” heard here at about the 1:15 mark:

Here is a cleaner version from the 1988 World Series parade: