Cardinals Bob Gibson Interview on 2.6.10

Here is the raw interview with St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson. I have interviewed many great athletes, but I admit I was intimidated interviewing arguably the best pitcher ever. He was at Don Mattingly's fundraiser "Night of Memories" put on by the Tri-State Hot Stove league in Evansville, IN.

Gibson was pulled in many directions and I promised to keep the interview short. However, I thought it went pretty well, and he really gave me some great insight to his playing days. It was done on February 6, 2010.

I hope you enjoy! For more interviews go to http://www.lancewilkerson.com/

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• Lance Wilkerson
• Evansville

[rs5178]

i was born in chicago in 1957 after watching the cardinals in the 68 series i became an instant cardinal fan to this day! and look at all the great memories i have had since then! if curt flood would'nt os slipped in the 7th innning in game 7 he would of caught that ball with 2 outs and o runs would of scored! oh how lucky the tigers were that day! that was gibsons game! brock was great too! and brock was safe in game 5 his foot touched the front of home plate! freehan did'nt even tag him yet!

[phraedusthamusicdigr]

One of the smartest baseball guys i've heard talk. He's funny too "nowadays i'd probably go to jail" lol i wish there were more interviews with him on YT.

[whokeithmoon]

The Greatest Picture ever..The greatest Picture Ever.....

[keagleman21]

@dzanier You are right. The game isn't the same now that they took the inside part of the plate away from the pitchers

[dzanier]

What he says about pitching inside is so true. And the funny thing is not that today's hitters are able to get to the outside pitch because pitchers don't throw inside enough; it's the fact that they are PULLING pitches down and away, which ought to give you a real good understanding of how they lean over the plate. Some hitters actually are so far out over the plate they wind up tying themselves up on pitches middle in that they should be handling

[megadeus]

looks great for his age

[Scoclamor]

Just watch game one of the 1968 World Series like I did.

I know. One time while Gibby was pitching Tim McCarver comes out to the mound and talks to him. Gibson says, mad, "The only thing you know about pitching is how not to hit it".

In game one of the '68 World Series, he must have liked McClain's #17, because that's how many K's he got in that game! After K #16, McCarver tried to get him to turn around and heed what the scoreboard said, "Gimme, the ball", Gibson said!

[loyaldude10]

@Scoclamor ---he was something else. One of the nastiest pitchers ever. Next time he faced Clemente he knocked him down. I read that he didnt like the batter to stare at him and he would sometimes knock the guy down for that. So intense that his teammates knew better than to try to talk to him on days he was pitching

[Scoclamor]

Competitor!

Once refused to leave the mound, even after a line drive hit by Roberto Clemente, broke his leg!