LabattBlue Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 (edited) One of my childhood sports heroes.   😢 Edited October 3, 2020 by Back the Blue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 RIP Â Thank you for the many memories of watching baseball with my Dad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 RIP Mr. Gibson. I had a Bob Gibson glove for years as a kid.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Favorite story about Gibson: His catcher, Tim McCarver goes to the mound to talk to him. Gibson told him to go back to the plate but said: Â Â Â "The only thing you know about pitching is that you can't hit it." 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Seaver, Brock and now Gibson. RIP to another all-time great.  Gibson was fierce, in the Don Drysdale way. A quick google search uncovered this gem about Gibson throwing at a batter in spring training and Seaver retaliating in season. Nowadays when a pitcher throws close the batter gets all pissy and MLB intervenes with a suspension  https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/mccarver-on-seaver-the-only-pitcher-that-i-recall-who-ever-retaliated-with-gibson/article_64422305-c511-5330-aa5a-fbaf7164c2d2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tierlifer Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 2020 taking some MLB legends  Seaver Brock Gibson  😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 1968. 1.12 ERA resulting in mound change. 13 shutouts.  When you are so good that they change the field dimensions  because of you, you are noteworthy. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobilz Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Â Â Â Â Â When I played softball, I had a pitcher friend that said Gibson was once asked by a reporter, what he would rather do, pitch a no-hitter or a shutout. Gibson replied "a shutout, you can't lose a shutout." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Bill Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 7:56 PM, sherpa said: 1968. 1.12 ERA resulting in mound change. 13 shutouts.  When you are so good that they change the field dimensions  because of you, you are noteworthy. Little known fact. That was year of the moving mound. When he pitched the distance was 50' 6". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Niagara Bill said: Little known fact. That was year of the moving mound. When he pitched the distance was 50' 6".  That would make him really old.  The mound was at 50'. Changed in 1893. After Gibsons 1.12 ERA in '68, it was changed from 15" high to 10". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 9:33 AM, SinceThe70s said: Seaver, Brock and now Gibson. RIP to another all-time great.  Gibson was fierce, in the Don Drysdale way. A quick google search uncovered this gem about Gibson throwing at a batter in spring training and Seaver retaliating in season. Nowadays when a pitcher throws close the batter gets all pissy and MLB intervenes with a suspension  https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/mccarver-on-seaver-the-only-pitcher-that-i-recall-who-ever-retaliated-with-gibson/article_64422305-c511-5330-aa5a-fbaf7164c2d2.html Gibson once knocked down Reggie Jackson in an old timers game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Bill Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 3 hours ago, sherpa said:  That would make him really old.  The mound was at 50'. Changed in 1893. After Gibsons 1.12 ERA in '68, it was changed from 15" high to 10". I meant it to be humoris. Most hitters thought it felt like 50.6. I remember the height change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 23 hours ago, Niagara Bill said: I meant it to be humoris. Most hitters thought it felt like 50.6. I remember the height change.      You being Canadian I was about to ask if you were getting your sports mixed up.  There were a couple of guys in Ontario Prov. that could throw 100 mph from 46 feet in the fastpitch leagues in the 60's and 70's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Bill Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 6 hours ago, Greybeard said:      You being Canadian I was about to ask if you were getting your sports mixed up.  There were a couple of guys in Ontario Prov. that could throw 100 mph from 46 feet in the fastpitch leagues in the 60's and 70's. The King and his court...4 guys playing exhibition games against full teams...he pitched from second base...incredible skill, loved the suds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Niagara Bill said: The King and his court...4 guys playing exhibition games against full teams...he pitched from second base...incredible skill, loved the suds.     I've seen him 4 times.  The guy was amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 On 10/6/2020 at 6:27 PM, Niagara Bill said: The King and his court...4 guys playing exhibition games against full teams...he pitched from second base...incredible skill, loved the suds.  21 hours ago, Greybeard said:     I've seen him 4 times.  The guy was amazing.  Eddie Feigner. I saw the King and his court in the early 90's. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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