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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. the greatest righthanded MLB starter in 50+ yearsBy VirtuosoHonest .. analytical .. my choice as the greatest right-handed starting in MLB history. He says Juan Marichal was. He knew well about , my greatest ever left-handed starter, and suffered, accordingly. Explains to modern readers what black athletes had to overcome in the 50's and 60's. Always gentlemen, despite his cultivated rough exterior, who was as much a victim of the aura of determination which made him a success, as the success he was (look it up!). An everyman, and a hero. One wishes he could have been treated as a true equal --- but that was not how it was prior to Martin Luther King, and 1964's national Civil Rights Act. Like Babe Ruth, he helped force his sport to change its rules after 1968's 'Year of the Pitcher'. I rooted against him then, but for him now. The greatest single season by a pitcher in it's history ... but he still lost his last game that year. A testament to baseball, and to it, and his, greatest year, in it's own way.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. ... the 1960's I seen Bob pitch games against player's like Bob VealeBy CustomerAs a top Notch fan during the 1960's I seen Bob pitch games against player's like Bob Veale, Jim Maloney and . He out pitched every one of them pitching on all three. Baseball lost a great pitcher in Sandy Koufax, but at least had Mr. Gibson as a top idol.It's to bad younger fans didn't get to see Bob Gibson or Sandy Koufax.Larry Dodson0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Cardinal fans should read!By Virginia ShopperExcellent book and teaches old school baseball. Gives you a good historical view on the Gibson era, but also teaches you a lot about desegregation efforts and discrimination issues during this period in US history. While Mr. Gibson is a little too quick to always defend his right to hit batters (I believe in the Code but some of the Code was wacky), he sets a great example for what it means to never quit, never give up in any aspect of his life. I will be a fan of Mr. Gibson for the rest of my life (including the good and bad) and hope you will to after reading his book! However, this book also has made me an even bigger fan of Tim McCarver!

Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson has always been one of baseball's most uncompromising stars. Gibson's no-holds- barred autobiography recounts the story of his life, from barnstorming around the segregated South with Willie Mays' black all-stars to his astonishing later career as a three-time winner and one of the game's all-time greatest players.

From Publishers WeeklyGibson describes himself as "a glowering black man who wouldn't make small talk." Playing his entire major-league career (1959-1975) with the St. Louis Cardinals, he built a reputation as the most competitive pitcher in the game. With Wheeler, who coauthored I Had a Hammer with Hank Aaron, Gibson tells the story of his youth in Omaha, Neb., his brilliance as a basketball player (he was good enough to play with the Harlem Globetrotters), his astounding record ERA of 1.12 in 1968 and his exceptional performances in three World Series. Always known for expressing himself directly, he tells of his battle against prejudice and bigotry in his home town, in the 1950s Jim Crow South and in his fruitless quest for a front office job after he hung up his spikes. Gibson pitches a memoir that is hard and inside. Photos not seen by PW. 75,000 first printing; $75,000 ad/promo; author tour. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Library JournalLegendary pitcher Gibson uses his career as the pivotal point for assessing how baseball has changed from the Sixties, when he was playing.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.From BooklistThe early sixties through the mid-seventies was a golden age for major- league . Among the many Hall of Famers who excelled in this period, St. Louis Cardinal right-hander Bob Gibson may have been the most dominant. What set Gibson apart from his peers was his competitiveness. Here, with the help of Lonnie Wheeler (coauthor of Hank Aaron's autobiography, I Had a Hammer [1991]), Gibson examines his competitive drive and its sources from his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska, through his major-league career. There are dozens of wonderful anecdotessome supplied by Gibson and more by his on-field contemporariesthat illustrate the man's unyielding will. Along the way, Gibson clears up a couple of misconceptions. The scowl that so terrified the batters Gibson faced over the years was actually a squint. Gibson, who wore glasses off the field, had trouble seeing the catcher's signs from the mound. An undercurrent of bitterness is clearly detectable throughout this account, stemming apparently from the fact that, with the exception of a couple of short-term coaching stints, Gibson has never found a job in baseball after he retired as a player. Is it because he's black? Black and outspoken? Just outspoken? A threat to less charismatic personalities who might hire him? Gibson doesn't know, but he wants a job and certainly deserves one. As a sports autobiography, this is a better-than-average effort that will likely sell its 75,000 first printing; as a job application, let's hope it's equally successful. Wes Lukowsky

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