Friday night's passing of St. Louis Cardinals' great and Hall-of-Fame pitcher Bob Gibson brought forth many stories and memories, as often happens when a top-tier figure in a sport dies.
An apocryphal story suggests that, after Gibson surrendered a grand slam home run to journeyman Pete LaCock, he said it was time to retire. Another claims that when Gibson faced LaCock many years later in an oldtimer's game, he plunked him with the first pitch. There's no hard evidence for either story, but listening to the way the competitive fire drove Gibson they sure sound like they could have happened.
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