Eck - Gibson and the man in the stands

Today I received in the mail my copy of the 2006 Bound Edition of the Newberg Report.  After less than 15 minutes of perusing I stumbled onto page 3, where Newberg is discussing the Adrian Gonzalez.  At the start of the 3rd paragraph he starts to talk about Mel Didier, a Rangers special assignment scout who was working for the Dodgers in 88.  Well Newberg tells us this story that I had never heard before. 

“If you were to create a list of advance scout stories that have stood the test of time, the list could be as short as you want and it would include Didier’s heads-up to Kirk Gibson before Game One of the 1988 World Series, when he told the decrepit slugger that Denis Eckersley tended to throw a back-door slider whenever he went to a full count on a left-handed hitter. (Didier likes to point out that if you watch a tape of the game, you can see Gibson smile as stepped out of the box when the count went to 3-2)”