Don Drysdale was once asked about he reacted to a batter digging in in the batter’s box. Drysdale commented that the batter had better dig the hole deep enough to crawl in to because he was going to come after him.
These guys played real baseball!
Roberto Clemente would not tolerate an inside pitch. Pitchers usually avoided throwing them at him.
Bob Gibson always threw inside to Clemente on his first pitch.
Drysdale and Dizzy Dean may have been two of the meanest ever on the mound. As far as they were concerned the inner part of the plate belonged to them. If you didn't like it charge the mound!!