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As baseball fans, in our lifetimes - if we are lucky - we will most likely witness one once-in-a-generation talent on our favorite teams... Maybe two, if we are really lucky. I am not talking about your regular good player - not even your standard Hall of Famer. I am talking about the player that stuck his foot in the sand and even after the tide rises and the waves crash against it, there it stays. I am talking about your legends, your Babe Ruths, your Cy Youngs. Players that changed the game, that are synonymous with it. Some so good, they changed the rules because of them.
Those that witnessed Bob Gibson’s 1968 season know exactly what I mean.
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Gibson’s legendary season where he set the record for the lowest earned run average in modern baseball history (post deadball era, I assume): 1.12. It is one of the first stats, if not the first, Cardinals fans memorize. In that season he went 22-9 and pitched over 300 innings, good for 8.2 fWAR, which was not even his best season according to that metric. He pitched 28 complete games with 13 shutouts and stuck out over 23% of the hitters he faced with a .181 average against.
In 1968, Bob Gibson was nearly unhittable. In 2018 we remember that. Throughout the season, the Cardinals will be raising money in Gibson’s name through through Cardinals Care to help fund Compositions for L.I.F.E “ an education program of L.I.F.E. Arts Inc. that develops the leaders of today, where they live, using the arts with a specific focus on urban youth”. For more information, click here.
Complete Gamer Bob Gibson | St. Louis Cardinals
what else is going on in baseball...
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Jedd Gyorko, Luke Gregerson return | St. Louis Cardinals
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Josh Hader Is Becoming Baseball’s Most Valuable Reliever | FanGraphs Baseball
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Indians, Twins to play in Puerto Rico Series | MLB.com
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Clayton Kershaw dominates, strikes out 12 | MLB.com
Jackie Robinson's impact felt by players, fans | MLB.com
Girls showcase skills at Trailblazer Series | MLB.com
Todd Frazier's son ripped a single and celebrated like his dad -- with the salt and pepper | MLB.com
what the cardinals are up to...
Jordan Hicks Is Melting MLB’s Radar Guns—Wait, Who? | The Ringer
Jedd Gyorko, Luke Gregerson return | St. Louis Cardinals
KNOW THINE ENEMY...
the chicago cubs
Five ridiculous things that happened when the Cubs played the Cardinals in 2017 | Bleed Cubbie Blue
The Bonkers Game That Probably Shouldn’t Have Been | FanGraphs Baseball
Relive the madness of the Cubs' epic comeback with the best plays and fan reactions | MLB.com
the nl central
Hernan Perez is proving to be the next heel in baseball by having fun heckling fans | MLB.com
Billy Hamilton gave a young fan his batting gloves after hitting his first home run of the season | MLB.com
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