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Sweet words on Bob Gibson from Dusty Baker (circa 1970)

julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
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'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."
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  • bman90278bman90278 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭
    image That classic!!!!! Thanks, Brian
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  • GDM67GDM67 Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭
    That's pretty much Mr. Aaron's capsule scouting report on Mr. Gibson, as relayed to all Braves rookies (and heeded by the smart ones) of the era.
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  • kmnortonkmnorton Posts: 1,051 ✭✭✭
    That's funny that the next quote is from McCarver. It's the one I remember most about Gibson

    Gibson was surly and brusque even with his teammates. When his catcher Tim McCarver went to the mound for a conference, Gibson brushed him off, saying "The only thing you know about pitching is you can't hit it.

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  • Carew29Carew29 Posts: 4,025 ✭✭

    I have this on my desk at work from Bob Gibson

    "When i knocked a guy down....there was no second part of the story"!!
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Heh. Gibson threw Reggie Jackson a brushback pitch in an old-timer's game in 1993, after Jackson homered off of him the year before. image



    Gibson once said that some of his best pitches were "brush back", "knock down", and "hit batsman."
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  • jrinckjrinck Posts: 1,321 ✭✭
    Tell me you'd be thrilled about going up against a guy with a glare like this...

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  • Tedw9Tedw9 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭
    Great stuff guys!

    Bob Gibson was DA MAN! People forget he also played for the Harlem Globetrotters too. Now that is talent, being good enough to play with the Globetrotters AND be a HOF pitcher too. Dieon who?? image
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  • HighChopperHighChopper Posts: 1,091
    True, he was one bad mutha.

    From Omaha, I believe.
    There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in.
  • cwazzycwazzy Posts: 3,257 ✭


    << <i>True, he was one bad mutha.

    From Omaha, I believe. >>



    I believe that is correct. Wasn't his nickname (at least one of them) the Omaha Flash?

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  • and5zacand5zac Posts: 492
    About 5 yrs ago ,I think, some guy was driving in a manner Bob Gibson didn't care for so he followed the guy till he pulled over and Gibson punched him in the face!I guess he still has a temper.





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  • HighChopperHighChopper Posts: 1,091
    Wish more players today had Gibson's mentality.

    Brush a guy back today the benches empty.

    Young punks don't realize pitching inside is part of the game.

    They want to be cool with their dreadlocks, tattoos, pants below the cleats, and gangster-style ball caps.

    Pitching inside sets up the outside part of the plate.
    There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in.
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