A batter would be crazy to crowd the plate with Bob Gibson on the mound. RIP.
My son pitched in little league, high school and now in college and I have told him about Gibson and those that crowded the plate on him. I’ve told him they get half, you get half if they don’t want to move, move’em. In one high school game the local rivalry team came to our field after talking trash all week and their pitcher, the worst of the trash talkers crowded the plate on my son. Pitch number two went right into his side. They scored one run on an error and then were destroyed 19-1. He went 7-2 that season.