Some time ago, dad gave me some playing cards, with baseball players on them. Why not play with you? Or at least show you? One a week.
Bob Gibson. Ace of Hearts? He's more like an ace of the Cardinals. But he did have a lot of heart.
During the 1960s he won seven straight games in the World Series. And in every one of the seven, he went the distance. Consider some of them:
A 13 Strikeout performance in game 5 of the 1964 World Series
A 3-hitter in game 7 of the 1967 World Series (he hit a homerun in that game, too)
A 17 strikeout performance in game 1 of the 1968 World Series
Gibson's ERA that regular season? 1.12!
References
Whiteford, Mike, and Taylor Jones. How To Talk Baseball. Revised ed. New York: Dembner, 1987. Print. P. 97
Bob Gibson. Ace of Hearts? He's more like an ace of the Cardinals. But he did have a lot of heart.
During the 1960s he won seven straight games in the World Series. And in every one of the seven, he went the distance. Consider some of them:
A 13 Strikeout performance in game 5 of the 1964 World Series
A 3-hitter in game 7 of the 1967 World Series (he hit a homerun in that game, too)
A 17 strikeout performance in game 1 of the 1968 World Series
Gibson's ERA that regular season? 1.12!
References
Sports Reference LLC. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. http://www.baseball-reference.com/. Web. 20 April 2011.
Whiteford, Mike, and Taylor Jones. How To Talk Baseball. Revised ed. New York: Dembner, 1987. Print. P. 97
No comments:
Post a Comment