Bob Gibson

[kairos12]

He once brushed back Reggie Jackson at an Old-Timers Game. Why?

Jackson took him deep at a previous Old-Timers Game.

One of my all time favorite ballplayers. Along with Joe Morgan.

[rurallib]

1. pretty sure he's the one that said he'd brush back his grandma

if she crowded the plate on him.

[kairos12]

2. The plate, I think, is 17 inches wide.

Gibson owned 18 inches of it.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. He broke my heart in 1967.....nt

[kairos12]

5. Must be a Sox fan.

[Gore1FL]

4. Growing up and living in St. Louis, I got to hear a lot of Gibby stories.

I even watched him pitch at Busch.

There was one story I remember where Tim McCarver walked out to the mound and Gibson sent him back saying something along the lines of "The only thing you know about pitching is that it is hard to hit."

[cachukis]

6. The baddest in the best way.