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MUScoop => The Superbar => Topic started by: The Big East on October 03, 2020, 10:49:07 AM

Title: Bob Gibson RIP
Post by: The Big East on October 03, 2020, 10:49:07 AM: Bob Gibson was one of the all time great pitchers. Very intimidating on the mound.

https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/gibson-bob

Also played College Basketball at Creighton. A great athlete overall.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/bob-gibson-2.html
Title: Re: Bob Gibson RIP
Post by: JWags85 on October 05, 2020, 01:33:54 PM: Quote from: Trump Loves The Big East on October 03, 2020, 10:49:07 AM
Bob Gibson was one of the all time great pitchers. Very intimidating on the mound.

https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/gibson-bob

Also played College Basketball at Creighton. A great athlete overall.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/bob-gibson-2.html

Not only did he play at Creighton, he was a Harlem Globetrotter for a year. Then he gave that up cause it’s was grueling and switched to baseball. Went right to the Cardinals and never spent years in the minors. Pretty wild
Title: Re: Bob Gibson RIP
Post by: Uncle Rico on October 05, 2020, 02:31:36 PM: Quote from: JWags85 on October 05, 2020, 01:33:54 PM
Not only did he play at Creighton, he was a Harlem Globetrotter for a year. Then he gave that up cause it’s was grueling and switched to baseball. Went right to the Cardinals and never spent years in the minors. Pretty wild

Simply a remarkable athlete and competitor. Not many guys can say they dominated a game so thoroughly, they had to change the rules
Title: Re: Bob Gibson RIP
Post by: CTWarrior on October 05, 2020, 02:57:05 PM: Quote from: Uncle Rico on October 05, 2020, 02:31:36 PM
Simply a remarkable athlete and competitor. Not many guys can say they dominated a game so thoroughly, they had to change the rules
Gibson, can't really say that either. Only one guy in the AL batted .300 (Yaz at .301 and he was under .300 very late in the season). The NL ERA was 2.99 and the AL ERA was 2.98. If Gibson was not in the league, the rules would have been changed just like they were.

But the NL ERA was 3.03 if you don't count Gibson. That is pretty amazing.
Title: Re: Bob Gibson RIP
Post by: Uncle Rico on October 05, 2020, 03:27:45 PM: Quote from: CTWarrior on October 05, 2020, 02:57:05 PM
Gibson, can't really say that either. Only one guy in the AL batted .300 (Yaz at .301 and he was under .300 very late in the season). The NL ERA was 2.99 and the AL ERA was 2.98. If Gibson was not in the league, the rules would have been changed just like they were.

But the NL ERA was 3.03 if you don't count Gibson. That is pretty amazing.

Fair point. Should have said he was more or less the face of the said change