Posted on 10/03/2020 8:55:43 AM PDT by oh8eleven
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson, known for his inspiring competitiveness and forceful determination, died Friday at the age of 84, St. Louis Cardinals confirmed to CNN. Gibson announced last year he had pancreatic cancer. The legendary pitcher, who played all 17 seasons of his career with the Cardinals, was a nine-time All-Star, Gold Glove winner and two-time World Series champion.
He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, his first year of eligibility.
Gibson retired after the 1975 season as the Cardinals all-time leader in wins (251), strikeouts (3,117), shutouts (56), Games started (482) and complete games (255). The two-time Cy Young winner holds the record for most strikeouts in a World Series game (17) and in a World Series (35).
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“Chicks dig the long ball.”
All the professional sports started to try to attract more women into watching starting in the 70s. That’s what ultimately ruined sports.
Agree... Although I was already in my 40's when he was pitching...
For security reasons (against the "let'em die" operators of obamacare and pandemic old-folks storage centers) I can only reveal that the numbers 8 & 7 (in that order) are involved, as of this November...
However, the thing that keeps me "thinking" young was marrying a girl, in 1958, who was 6-years younger than me... (Robbing the cradle pays off...{:-)
The passing of Lou Brock a couple weeks ago really brought back those memories.
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