Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson Discuss Facing Great Pitchers

[sternumagnum]

Wow. WOW. These guys are talking Statistics and Game Theory and Grand Strategy, even though it looks as if they're talking about "merely" pitching and batting. This is truly brilliant stuff.

[jjbpaca]

Reggie, I was there in '77 & 78!

THANK-YOU. I will forever remember opening day home run and the "shower" of Reggie Bars that rained down in appreciation. Bless you for years of fantastic memories some 30+ years later!

[bondsly]

In game 4 he hit his first series homerun in 1977 i didnt put the game down.

[bondsly]

Reggie Jackson stuck to his game plan in the 1977 world series against the Dodgers in game he hit his 1st Homerun of the world series then in game 5 he hit his 2nd series homerun then in game 6 the last game of the world series with the Yankees winning 4 games to 2 Jackson hit his 3rd and 4th and 5th homerun of the world series and ended up batting .450 for the world series then the next year in 1978 the defeated the Dodgers again 4 games to 2 and Jackson hit 2 more homeruns and batted .391.

[RPenta]

Gibson was a great pticher, a major asshole, but great pitcher.

[dzanier]

Lots of people have said that in person, or at least to people he didn't know, Gibson was not an affable sort. It's funny because as a teamate, at least on the days he didn't pitch, he was a guy who everyone on the team loved. He wasn't surly at all. He was a complicated and intelligent person. As fans we'd like to think that when we approach a player we admire and make those sentiments clear they will show appreciation in a way that that makes us feel good. Sometimes they don't.

[RPenta]

@dzanier He really needed to get his ass kicked; that would have taken some of the sand out of him.

[dzanier]

I heard he was a Gold Gloves boxer and knew karate. That's a good reason not too charge the mound.

[RPenta]

@dzanier I guess if that was true you have to use a weapon-hell, he used one-it is called baseball whistling at your head at 90 mph.

[dzanier]

Don Drysdale was meaner. He loved to throw at hitters. Gibson was more strategic in his plunking batters. Players were far more scared of Drysdale than Gibson. And Gibson did not aim at peoples heads.

[VanGoghsEar1890]

I realize Reggie was an American leaguer, but whenever the great pitchers of that time are mentioned the winningest black pitcher (284), and the only pitcher with at least 3,000 K's and less than 1,000 BB's is never mentioned: Ferguson Jenkins.

[NkrumahTure]

This cat would hit tape measure home run shots with regularity. He had natural strength. Reggie was strong as an ox.

[grandpasun]

I have this book. It's marvelous!!!!