Bob Gibson dies at age 84

[tazzmaniac]

I had just started watching baseball when his career ended.  Story also mentions Lou Brock and Tom Seaver died earlier this year which I had missed.  Definitely getting old. 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30026719/hall-famer-bob-gibson-st-louis-cardinals-ace-dies-84 

[footey]

RIP Bob Gibson.

One of the all time greatest.

Wow, another great from the '67 Cardinals that broke our Red Sox Impossible Dream. I believe Gibson won 3 games.

[Neurotic Guy]

Pitched one of the iconic seasons in baseball history. If you grew up in the 60s or 70s  and were a baseball fan just the number 1.12 is enough of a reference to perhaps the greatest pitching season of all time. That was Gibson’s ERA in 1968.  Which came following a game 7 complete game WS victory over the Sox in which he hit a 3-run homer. I attended Game 6 btw as a 9 year old with my older brother.  I don’t remember a dang thing except the subway ride after.

Brock and Gibson were amazing in such a great era of the game. I recall reading Gibsons biography as a kid. I was not much of a reader then but that one I read.  If memory is correct I think he suffered from severe asthma.

R.I.P.