Bob Gibson owned whatever he wanted of the plate and quite literally changed baseball forever
by Chris Baud from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#58RJZ)
In a year that just keeps handing us terrible, unbearable losses, baseball lost one of its most iconic figures, as Bob Gibson died last night at age 84, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It is reported that he had a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.