Bob Gibson predicted many times throughout his career that he would never throw a no-hitter.[1] Before taking the mound against the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 14, 1971, he still had never thrown one. Not in college. Not in the minors. Not even in the 1968, a season dubbed the “year of the pitcher,” in noContinue reading “August 14, 1971: Bob Gibson pitches his ‘greatest game,’ no-hits the Pirates”
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