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The Summer of 1973: Tom Seaver Outduels Bob Gibson
In today’s installment of “The Summer of 1973; The Forgotten Championship,’’ I chose a game from the month of April and will analyze it through the box score.
My pick is the fourth game of the season, April 12, at St. Louis, with Tom Seaver outdueling Bob Gibson, 2-1, to give the Mets a 4-0 start.
It was Seaver’s second start, with his first being a shutout over Philadelphia’s Ste...
Summer of 1973; The Forgotten Championship – Tom Seaver Against Bob Gibson
In today’s installment of “The Summer of 1973; The Forgotten Championship,’’ I chose a game from the month of April and will analyze it through the box score.
My pick is the fourth game of the season, April 12, at St. Louis, with Tom Seaver outdueling Bob Gibson, 2-1, to give the Mets a 4-0 start.
SEAVER: Carried the load all year.
It was Seaver’s second start, with his...
Gibson To Be Honored In Omaha
The St. Louis Cardinals’ Hall Of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson was born in 1935 in Omaha, Nebraska. He spent his youth there, eventually graduating from Omaha Tech high school, where he was named to the All State Basketball team. He later attended Creighton University and eventually started his professional baseball career with the Cardinals Triple-A affiliate in 1957, which was...
The all time African-American team
Saying, "Happy Martin Luther King" day just doesn't feel right. And it is mostly because I lived through those days and they were not happy days. The world was upside down and upheaval was everywhere. It seemed that society was flying apart at the seams. Growing up in Bergenfield, New Jersey, we were somewhat shielded from the strife. Bergenfield was mostly Irish, Italian...
Q&A: Pete LaCock vs Bob Gibson
Pete LaCock is a good storyteller. The former first baseman is prone to embellishment — Retrosheet doesn’t see eye-to-eye to with some of his recollections — but his tales are certainly entertaining. The son of long-time Hollywood Squares host Peter Marshall, LaCock played for the Chicago Cubs (1972-1976), for the Kansas City Royals (1977-1980) and for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales...
Orel Hershiser and Bob Gibson: Opposite ends of the autograph spectrum
During Thanksgiving I got an early Christmas present when my sister gave me this autographed ball of Orel Hershiser. My sister works in the financial industry and she met Hershiser at a conference. Turns out he is involved with a company whose main line of business is providing – of all things – bridge loans of 90 to 120 days.
Of course anyone who has followed the Mets is...
Cards lose first-ever playoff game with 10-strikeout starter
Before the St. Louis Cardinals dropped Game 1 of the 2012 National League Division Series to the visiting Washington Nationals on Sunday due to a combination of misfortunes in the seventh and eighth innings, starting pitcher Adam Wainwright kept his team in the game.
For the first 5 2/3 innings, the right-hander held the Nats’ offense to a single run on six hits. Wainwright secured...
Lance Lynn tops Dizzy Dean but still chases Bob Gibson
Dizzy Dean is one of the greatest pitchers and biggest personalities in baseball history. He led the National League in strikeouts for four consecutive seasons, his number 17 is among those permanently retired by the St. Louis Cardinals and he is a member of Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Lance Lynn doesn’t yet compare in any way other than wearing the same uniform eight decades later...
Bob Gibson’s 1968 Season Is Overrated
The 1968 MLB season featured the greatest pitching statistics in the live ball era (since 1920). However, thanks to the Factor12 (F12) Rating, baseball fans can delve deeper into the statistical minutia and uncover the real truth.
Bob Gibson 1968 F12: 22-9 / 1.12 ERA / 0.85 WHIP / 28 CG / 13 SHO / 304.67 IP / 268 SO / 62 BB
Is it possible that Bob Gibson’s season is overrated...
How rare is a stolen base by a Cardinals pitcher?
In the second inning of Thursday’s St. Louis Cardinals game, the club had two stolen bases. The first bag wasn’t much of a surprise, as it was swiped by Tyler Greene. After all, the infielder led the club in 2011 with 11.
Two batters later, however, both Pittsburgh pitcher Erik Bedard and catcher Mike McKenry had to be stunned with Cardinals hurler Jake Westbrook took second...
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