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I coached Dylan cease from the white Sox (for a single weekend). Like to think I’m the reason he throws 100 mph.
Whatever tips you gave him have paid off!!!!
Not sure. I'd have to look it up (too lazy right now), but you forgot the year they had Avery as a post season TOTALLY DOMINANT starter.
Only tip I gave him was “don’t hurt your arm”!! Some people are just born with it.
I had to tell some Twins fans how Smoltz was always a bigger game pitcher than Maddux. And Avery was right there too till his arm problems. Maddux always got fat in the regular season and then lost a little something in the playoffs.
I may start a GoFundMe to raise money for the Braves to resign Ozuna. About $750,000 from each of us would go a long way towards making it happen.
If someone will give me $749,993, I will do my part. Count me in!
Haha, but unfortunately the Braves struck out more in both games.
RIP, Bob Gibson. Until Greg Maddux came along, he was my all time favorite pitcher. That's the 1968 card above, which is in my personal collection.
They account for two of the best pitching seasons in the history of the game:
Gibson 1968: 22-9, 1.12 ERA, 268 K's, 62 BB's, 0.853 WHIP, 11.2 WAR
Maddux 1995: 19-2, 1.63 ERA, 181 K's, 23 BB's, 0.811 WHIP, 9.7 WAR
Whether you are an analytics geek or an old school, get off my lawn type of person, that there is some pitching. Simply amazing. Especially the BB/K ratio.
My dad was minor league pitcher after two years of playing both basketball and baseball in college (Berry/Kansas City Athletics). His favorite pitcher was Gibson. When he was 19, he watched Gibson pitch in spring training and got his autograph that night on the only thing he had with him - a piece of Berry College Stationary.
When I was about 10, my grandmother found that piece of stationary folded up around the ticket stub and showed my dad. The game was in the spring of 1965, and we went to every shop and show for a couple of years looking for a '65 Gibson. Finally found one. All 3 are framed on my office wall. It's probably my favorite piece of memorabilia...
What years did your dad pitch at Berry? I might have seen him play.