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1 day ago · 84.0% (first ballot) Robert Gibson (born Pack Robert Gibson; November 9, 1935 – October 2, 2020), nicknamed " Gibby " and " Hoot ", was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975. Known for his fiercely competitive nature, Gibson tallied 251 wins, 3,117 ...
2 days ago · Bob Gibson suffers a fractured right fibula 57 years ago tonight when Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente strikes Gibson in the leg during the fourth inning of the Cardinals’ 6-4 loss to the Pirates in St. Louis. And, of course, Gibson being Gibson – and that would be tenacious – wants to keep pitching on this Saturday night before a crowd of ...
17 hours ago · The All-Star break isn’t just a few days to celebrate the sport by playing an exhibition game and having a home-run contest. It’s also a few days in the middle of the season where we can look ...
7 hours ago · 1941: End Of Joe DiMaggio’s 56-Game Hitting Streak. On July 17, 1941, Joe DiMaggio, a legend for the New York Yankees, saw his historic 56-game hitting streak come to a halt. Despite a tough day at the plate, where DiMaggio couldn’t secure a hit off Cleveland’s pitchers Al Smith and Jim Bagby, the Yankees managed to clinch a tight 4-3 ...
5 days ago · There are studies on the process dating to the late 1960s in the heyday of Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax and Juan Marichal. In recent years, it’s taken on a more universally accepted new form with the use of weighted baseballs as part of advanced training methods to generate more athleticism and arm speed from pitchers with the goal of creating more velocity.
4 days ago · The idea of weighted-ball training for pitchers to throw faster has been around for more than a half-century. There are studies on the process dating to the late 1960s in the heyday of Bob Gibson ...
4 days ago · Bob Gibson vs. Walter Johnson; Dansby Swanson vs. Jacob deGrom; Spencer Strider vs. Julio Urías; Ken Griffey Jr. vs. Nolan Ryan; Alejandro Kirk vs. Shohei Ohtani; Bob Gibson vs. Pedro Martinez; Freddie Freeman vs. Francisco Lindor; Corey Seager vs. Noah Syndergaard; Ken Griffey Jr. vs. Frank Robinson; Walker Buehler vs. Shohei Ohtani; Austin ...
