The BBA

Pitch by Pitch

Bob Gibson, 256 pages


 

Surprisingly boring. Was hoping for pitching insights and what Gibson offered was 200 pages of “I throw what I want, when I want, because I’m Bob Gibson.” I did learn a lot about Cardinals’ history – and realized how little I do know about the Cardinals pre-1980s. Gibson comes off as arrogant and a real jerk to be teammates with. Not really my opinion so much as Gibson more/less admits this throughout the book. Only recommended if you want backstory on the late 60s Cardinals like Flood, Javier and Mike Shannon.