Brandon Sproat

The Mets have had their share of injuries to their starting pitching but Sproat got off to such a terrible start in triple A (ERA of almost 6.00 before his recent streak), he never got the call up. Good to see him have some recent success and hopefully he gets a call up after the All Star break.

 

Maybe the Rays could trade for him. They could use some relief help.

 

I’ve always thought that Bob Gibson’s 1968 season was unbelievable—Geez, MLB lowered the mound because of his dominance.

 

I thought Drysdale's streak that Hershiser beat was unbeatable.

 

No mention of Denny McLain and winning 31 games?

A great friend of mine was a HUGE Cardinals fan. Everybody thought that McLain would dominate for Detroit. Instead it was Mickey Lolich that won three games. All I had to push his button was to whisper "Mickey Lolich". LOL.

 

I got to see Gibson live in Atlanta the summer of 1968. Naturally he was on a level that night that few ever knew. This was back when once you got into the ballpark you could just about go anywhere that wasn’t on the field.

I was there with the Post 30 American Legion team I played summer ball on the summers between my HS years. Some of us went down to the bullpen Gibson warmed up in. From the time he pulled his jacket off and stretched we were right there. He threw a total of 100 pitches (getting loose to game ready) put his jacket back on and walked to his dugout.

I was soaking it up!

 

Great story! Was that before they moved to the new Atlanta-Fulton County circle from home of the Crackers?

 

It was Atlanta-Fulton County stadium. I think they had been there for maybe a couple of seasons at that point. (Sorry for hi-jacking the thread)

 

Let’s seem him go against Dock Ellis on LSD.

 

It would be hard for me to turn down an offer of 1999/2000 Pedro Martinez.