"I remember pretending to be this guy when I was on the mound. {He never smiled when he pitched!}"
Bob Gibson was a fearsome competitor. I was in the right field bleachers at the now-demolished Busch Stadium the night Roberto Clemente hit a bullet off Gibby's right leg, knocking him out for much of the 1967 season.
By the way, The St. Louis Cardinals uniform (particularly the home whites) is unmatched in all of professional sports. Distant second goes to the cool Indian on the Chicago Black Hawks sweaters.
Hey, I remember that! {listening on the radio}
I think he got up and pitched to another batter, went down again, then they finally figured out it was serious!