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mzentko
Posts: 2,470
Joined: Jun 2012
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| Friday, October 2, 2020 9:36 PM | |
He passed today from cancer at 84.
Not many athletes can cause their sport to change the measurements/rules like when they lowered the pitching mound in 69
A great Cardinal for sure.
Mark
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spazmatastic
Posts: 5,905
Joined: Dec 2014
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| Friday, October 2, 2020 10:06 PM | |
Not another Cardinals great gone from us this year! RIP Bob.
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fordwaters
Posts: 121
Joined: Jun 2019
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| Friday, October 2, 2020 10:14 PM | |
Oh my. 2020 is the worst. Al Kaline, Tom Seaver, "Hoot". Man, it just keeps coming.
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IfbBirdsCards
Posts: 836
Joined: Aug 2017
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| Friday, October 2, 2020 10:17 PM | |
My thoughts exactly. One of the most dominant pitchers during his peak. RIP
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lord_bagel
Posts: 141
Joined: Aug 2019
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| Friday, October 2, 2020 10:26 PM | |
Losing Bob Gibson and Lou Brock in a month is hard to deal with as a Cards fan. Gibson was probably my all time favorite Cardinal, and while I have been preparing for this ever since his pancreatic cancer diagnosis was announced, it still hurts to hear
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The Card Closet
Posts: 494
Joined: May 2017
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| Friday, October 2, 2020 10:28 PM | |
Can we have have a do-over for 2020?
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HookedSince68
Posts: 227
Joined: Mar 2018
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| Friday, October 2, 2020 11:15 PM | |
What a great competitor. RIP Bob Gibson.
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abide
Posts: 418
Joined: Dec 2019
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| Friday, October 2, 2020 11:16 PM | |
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kents_stuff
Posts: 176
Joined: Aug 2013
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| Saturday, October 3, 2020 6:10 AM | |
As a Cards fan born in '67 to a huge sports fan (RIP Dad), my formative years were heaviliy influenced by the Redbirds, the Big Red and the Blues. There wssn't much to celebrate with the Caradinals in the 70s. Why did we wear Victory Blue uniforms when victories were so sparse? But we had Lou Brock, and we had Bob Gibson. And there were other greats of course. Was Simmons really a HOFer? I'm not sure because I constantly compared him to Bench. But there was no denying Brock and Gibson. And now they are gone together.
The Gibson stories of his competitiveness are legendary, and I look forward to hearing them again from his compatriots this weekend in memoriam. But he was also a great speaker and role model. I heard him speak at an event once and he was so clear and commanding and focused--just like on the mound. An honorable ambassador for baseball, for the Cardinals, for Creighton and for Omaha. I was blessed to be at the game for his 3000th K (Cesar Geronimo), and I think for the day we retired #45. I saw him strike people out, and I saw him hit home runs (which pitchers just don't do, you know!)
Thank you, Mr. Gibson. I missed your prime years, perhaps, but they will not be forgotten. Because you were Cardinal, and Cardinal history is handed down from generation to generation. Rest in Peace.
--Kent
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bpaul14
Posts: 265
Joined: Feb 2018
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| Saturday, October 3, 2020 9:26 PM | |
My office at my home is deemed the Baseball Room because it is decorated with all my baseball memorabilia. There's cool artwork, baseball gear, cards, bobbleheads, giveaways from games, scorecards, autograph balls and caps, and all sorts of stuff. But the centerpiece of it all is a framed collection of World Series Ticket Stubs from the three WS STL played in the '60s, the press pins from those WS, and one sweet autographed photo of Gibby. It's the only autographed photo I have on my walls, and there's a reason for that. He was my first hero.
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