RIP Bob Gibson.

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Nm

 

[msstatelp1]

He, Koufax, and Marichal caused MLB to lower the height of the pitcher's mound.

 

[Dawgtruc]

I think Bob threw the first documented 100 mph fastball. I remember some black and white footage Before radar when they had a guy on a motorcycle going 100 mph synched up with a pitcher to gauge the velocity.

 

[thatsbaseball]

He was one intimidating S.O.B. on the mound. R.I.P. Mr. Gibson.

 

[WutheringDawg]

Lou Brock and Bob Gibson in a few month span is damn tough. RIP to two legends.

 

[missouridawg]

255 complete games. 251 wins.

He was his own bullpen.

 

[Antonio Brown's Foot]

You didn't dig in on Bob Gibson

https://mopupduty.com/bob-gibson-stories-and-anecdotes-040714/
Hank Aaron on Bob Gibson
“(Hank Aaron told me) ‘Don’t dig in against Bob Gibson, he’ll knock you down. He’d knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him. Don’t stare at him, don’t smile at him, don’t talk to him. He doesn’t like it. If you happen to hit a home run, don’t run too slow, don’t run too fast. If you happen to want to celebrate, get in the tunnel first. And if he hits you, don’t charge the mound, because he’s a Gold Glove boxer.’ I’m like, ‘Damn, what about my 17-game hitting streak?’ That was the night it ended.”
—Dusty Baker

 

[PineGroveBully]

Tim McCarver had a great story about him going out to the mound during a World Series. Bob wasn’t in the mood to talk. He told McCarver to get back behind the plate because the only thing you know about pitching is that you can’t hit it. McCarver did as he was told.

 

[OneParticularHarbor]

I remember when he was pitching coach for some terrible Braves teams in the 80s. He could have probably taken the mound at age 50 and been the best pitcher on the team.

 

[PineGroveBully]

He actually played with the Globetrotters for a spell also.

 

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Wasn’t that Bob Feller?

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

The BBQ guy?