1961: Just another Cardinals pitcher warming up. By 1968, Bob Gibson was so dominant they literally changed the rules of baseball because of him. The mound? Lowered. The strike zone? Shrunk. #VintageBaseball #BobGibson #Cardinals | Old Ball Game Studios

Bob Gibson's Legendary 1968 Season: The Best Pitching Performance Ever? #pitching #gibson #baseball #History #1968 #fblifestyle | Ricktalksbaseball

⚾️On October 10, 1968 Bob Gibson, the MVP and Cy Young Award winner of the Cardinals, is known as one of the game's best big-game pitchers. Twice in the previous 4 years he has pitched St. Louis to victory in Game 7 of the World Series. Today, though, he meets his match in another Game 7. Mickey Lolich, the Tigers' Avis to Denny McLain's Hertz, wins his 3rd complete game of the Series, outdueling Gibson for a 4-1 victory in St. Louis and giving the Tigers their first world championship in 23 yea