RIP Bob Gibson

[Pancho and Lefty]

Obviously listening to Cardinals games, you hear about Bob Gibson all the time. Did some reading on him this am. Knew about his bulldog mentality, how tough he was, how much of a competitor he was. This blew my mind though. In 1964, in the last 10 games (final 3 and 7 game world series), Bob Gibson pitched 39 of the 90 possible innings. His last 3 games Included pitching and losing on a Friday night, 4 innings in relief on Sunday, 8 innings of game 2, 3 days later 10 innings, 2 days later complete game. Wow, in the day and age of its a big deal when starters go into the 7th inning, can't imagine that.

Obviously he was well before my time, but my favorite story about him was prob 20 years ago, details are sketchy, but someone confronted him at a stoplight or a parking lot that he had cut them off or something. He beat the crap out of the guy at like age 60. What a competitor.

 

[TJ_DUB]

I would love to see any of today’s “studs” charge the mound after a Gibby brushback pitch. Remember Nolan Ryan teaching Robin Ventura a lesson? I kind of think that would have been the undercard match if someone would have charged Hoot.

 

[kaskaskiakid]

Bob Gibson was the greatest Cardinal IMO, but I never say Stan Musial play.

And he won 20 games a year in those seasons in '64-72 when the other team's aces were Hall of Famers - Koufax, Drysdale, Jenkins, Marichal, Seaver, Ryan, Niekro, Perry, Sutton. You always knew both pitchers were going the distance and probably something like a 2-1 game.

Amazing that he lost 9 games in '68 with a 1.12 ERA.