Recalling the great Bob Gibson, the only of the part the plate owned by the batter

[kairos12]

was of the post-game crockery variety.

[CaptYossarian]

1. The king of the brush-back pitch.

And nobody charged the mound.

[Blue_true]

5. One player did once, none tried it after what happened to him. nt

[CaptYossarian]

6. On Gibson?

I remember the Nolan Ryan incident with Robin Ventura, but Gibson? Wow.

[Blue_true]

7. I will look up history, but I believe that Gibson was in an even earlier incident that Ryan. nt

[Blue_true]

8. A guy named LaCork or something like that. He got beaten up, but not necessarily by Gibson. nt

[CaptYossarian]

9. Pete LaCock was a second-string first baseman/outfielder

for the Cubs between 1972 and 1976, before going to the Royals. His playing size was 6' 2" and 200#, so that would've given him enough confidence to charge Gibby.

His birth name is Ralph Pierre LaCock Jr. and his dad is Hollywood Squares host Peter Marshall.

[Blue_true]

10. Wow, you are a sports encyclopedia.

After reading your first post and trying to find the person that wanted to take on Bob Gibson at the mound, I went and read more. Apparently Bob Gibson is why modern Pitchers pitch from a lower mound. Imagine a guy like Bob Gibson throwing heat at you from uphill.

[CaptYossarian]

11. Actually, I'm only a baseball enthusiast.

I've been a Cub fan since 1968, when I would come home from second grade and find my mom watching WGN and Jack Brickhouse.

That's how I remember the existence of ex-Cub Pete LaCock. And what young teenage boy would forget a new Topps card with THAT name on it?

Gibson's and Denny McLain's (the last 30-game winner) seasons were so dominant that they had to change the rules. That doesn't happen often for individual players. Eddie Gaedel may have been the previous "player" to have that happen. That could manufacture an entire thread.

[MakeTXBlue2020]

2. RIP Mr. Gibson

I actually grew up in the St. Louis area and am still a huge Cardinals fan. Although Gibson's playing days were before my time, the stories of his dominance and incredible mound presence are legendary. A pitcher so good MLB had to change the rules by lowering the mound on account of his ridiculous 1.12 ERA! He won't be forgotten.

[oswaldactedalone]

3. Loved the Cards in the 60s and 70s

and, of course, was a big fan of Gibson. I watched Game One of the ‘68 Series with Gibson’s dominating 17 strikeout performance. Tiger batters called Gibby’s pitches that day “radio pitches” because they couldn’t see them, could only hear them.

From 6-2 through 9-2 that season, a stretch of 19 starts, his W-L record was 17-1 with an ERA of 0.57!!😳 He also averaged more than nine innings per start.😳😳 Surely the most dominant three month stretch of pitching ever. There are a number of really good extended interviews with Gibson and other Cardinal teammates on youtube. Definitely worth a listen.

[rsdsharp]

4. 1968 was the season of the pitcher, but it wasn't just

Gibson. Don Drysdale set a record for consecutive scoreless innings (which Bobby Kennedy acknowledged in his last speech), Denny McClain won 31 games, and only Carl Yastrzemski hit .300 in the AL (.301).