Bob Gibson
Bob Gibson
Robert "Bob" Gibsonis a retired American baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicknamed "Gibby" and "Hoot", Gibson tallied 251 wins, 3,117 strikeouts, and a 2.91 earned run averageduring his career. A nine-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, he won two Cy Young Awards and the 1968 National LeagueMost Valuable PlayerAward. In 1981, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. The Cardinals retired his...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth9 November 1935
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
I owe the public just one thing - a good performance.
When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.
When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock, I knew it was time to quit.
Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It's a matter of survival.
When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story.
In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest.
Why do I have to be an example for your kid? You be an example for your own kid.
The Bay said that a number of people were doing their due diligence, so those are quite logical bidders.
It was just a natural thing for me. I don't know that I really worked on it. At some point every pitcher is in the same position in his mechanics ? how you get to that point will always be different.
It wasn't like that when I started out in Omaha (in 1957). I walked into the clubhouse here and I remember the one we had in Omaha was about one-third the size of that.
This is a disaster. This is an industry-wide problem. Pricing is low and they're having to keep their prices down to compete.
Everything is done to increase hitting and not help pitching. I think I'd take them to court if I was still playing. The same thing wins games now, though. If you don't have pitching, you don't win.
The unit at the University Hospital of North Tees has had pounds 10m spent on refurbishment over the last few years and to try and replicate this anywhere else would be absolute madness.
A fellow could work it with a hand, jiggle it or do whatever he thought was his secret way to catch fish.