Happy Halloween, attacks against Mrs. Vance, Schumer not endorsing yet and SNAP stops this weekend.
Friday, October 31, 2025
Sometimes it’s hard to be a (liberal) woman
Sometimes it’s hard to be a (liberal) woman: Where did all those nice women go? I mean those nice liberal women who disagreed with you, but never lost their class or femininity. I mean those ladies who disagreed with a politician, but didn’t say outrageous things about a….
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So you want to understand why liberal women are turning off men? Just check out these two, and many others, and you’ll understand why.
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 31, 2025
Sometimes it’s hard to be a (liberal) woman - American Thinker https://t.co/HY9fTJOdeC
Cubans and Halloween
As a Cuban American, I WILL NOT be offended if you dress up as Ricky Ricardo for Halloween…….we Cubans who grew up in the US think he’s hilarious and speaks funny too……enjoy it!
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Still the best Halloween song after all these years!
My sons don't "trick or treat" anymore but it's still great to see the next generation with their costumes knocking on your door.
To say the least, Halloween is a great excuse for us adults to eat those chocolate treats. I've had my share of "treats" over the years.
Over time, we've seen movies, TV specials and have heard songs about Halloween. I guess that The Charlie Brown special is my favorite. The Disney stuff is usually good. I don't care much for the "Friday 13th" movies. They're a bit too scary for me!
Halloween song? My favorite, and # 1 after all of these years, is Bobby Pickett's "Monster Mash". It gets a lot of airplay every year:
No lettuce or spinach this Halloween
It's been a tough year for mothers and spinach!
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Happy Halloween!
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Our boys have grown up and left home.....so we've been out of the "trick or treat" business for a few years. However, we still enjoy all of those kids coming to our door looking for candy.
Happy Halloween. Enjoy your day!
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Happy Halloween: Our first Halloween in the US many years ago
(My new American Thinker post)
Another Halloween and another time to remember our first Halloween in the U.S. Back in Cuba, it was "El Dia de los Santos" or All Saints Day on November 1st. Of course, it was a "day of obligation" or don't forget the mass today. And there was no candy on All Saints Day!
We had been in the U.S. about six weeks when Halloween came up on the calendar in 1964. My Uncle Orlando and family told us about the night. They suggested wearing a costume, walk around and say “trick or treat” when standing at the door.
We followed his advice and got lots of candy, especially the lady in the neighborhood who made the brownies that reminded us of the Cuban chocolate cake we had before food shortages and rationing spoiled everything in the island.
Our mother came along to help our little sister who was dressed up as Cinderella. My brother and I went as cowboys. It was a wonderful night. My favorite part of Halloween is hearing my mother say “trick or treat.” It sounded a lot like “tree ka tree.” And explaining to her why there were so many “calabazas” or pumpkins.
So many Halloweens have come and gone since that night in 1964. Things changed and then it was our sons' turn to dress up as Indians or should I say indigenous people so no one is offended. Another year it was Dallas Cowboys about to play the Washington Redskins, another thing of the past. Or one year they just took off with their friends and came home with lots of bags full of everything. Of course, everyone remembers the morning after when all that chocolate had kids saying that they couldn't go to school because their stomachs were upset.
Today, our Halloween is hearing about the little grandchildren going "trick treating" and watching videos and photos by phone. Last but not least, we have candy ready in case the new generation knocks on the door.
Nothing will replace that first Halloween and especially explaining so many things to our mother who was proud of my sister's dress and had no clue of what the holiday was about.
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Our Halloween 2019 show with Leslie Eastman
Guest: Leslie Eastman, contributor to Legal Insurrection.......we will look at the big stories of the day. and other stories....
Our 2015 Halloween show with Leslie Eastman & Daisy Viktoria.
2015: Our annual Halloween show with Leslie Eastman & Daisy Viktoria....
Thursday, October 30, 2025
The shutdown and elections
Unions and newspaper talking against the shutdown; Elections next Tuesday and what will happen plus Toronto 1 win away from winning the World Series.
Getting stuck on a Mexican highway
Getting stuck on a Mexican highway: Imagine returning home from your vacation, car full of kids anxious to get home. Or maybe taking a bus to your next destination. And then, suddenly, the highway is blocked and you spend a whole day wondering what comes next.
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We remember John Adams (1735-1826)
This is what John Adams wrote to Abigail about July 4th:
"I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival.
It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty.
It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more."
The HBO series is great. Check it out.
It is a great story about the making of the US. It is also a great story about a wonderful couple, John and Abigail Adams.
Happy # 86 Grace Slick
We say happy birthday to Grace Slick. She was born Grace Barnett Wing in Illinois on this day in 1939.
“Somebody to love” was the first big hit by “Jefferson Airplane“, a California band. The lead singer was Gracie Slick. This band eventually became “Jefferson Starship“.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda
Guest: Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda...President Trump's successful trip to Japan and South Korea; Federal union vs Democrats on shutdown; NY City election update; Israel takes action plus other stories......
The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda
Guest: Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda...President Trump's successful trip to Japan and South Korea; Federal union vs Democrats on shutdown; NY City election update; Israel takes action plus other stories......
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That much spent on food stamps?
That much spent on food stamps?: Put me down as someone who had no idea that
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Our family came here many years ago. We did not rely on food stamps because my father had two jobs and my mom helped out by taking care of a few babies.
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 29, 2025
That much spent on food stamps? - American Thinker https://t.co/nG2pgRur7P
My first post from 2004: Bush will win
(This is my first post from the blog)
Bush will win.
The popular vote will be 52-47. It may be closer, such as 50-49, if Kerry wins California and New York by over 15 points.
New Jersey is a Bush surprise. Gore won NJ by over 15 points!
Add Pennsylvania to that surprise list.
The electoral college will put Bush at around 300 votes.
P.S. The final vote was 51-48% and President Bush got 286 Electoral votes. So I was pretty close!
2011 and that series still hurts!
First, the Rangers were a better team. YES YES!!
Second, the 2010 Giants and 2011 were both "teams of destiny", or teams on a run to end the season. They were wild card teams that got hot and played perfect baseball for 6 weeks.
I don't know what else to say. How do you explain game 6?
We congratulate St Louis because they won the series. Nevertheless, I still think that Texas was a better team on paper.
Let's hope that the Rangers' fans don't get too disillusioned with their team. I really believe that they will win one down the road.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Public sector unions vs shutdown, Food stamps explosion & Lady Liberty 1836
Public sector unions vs shutdown; Food stamps explosion; Argentina election; 18-innings in LA and we remember Lady Liberty 1886.
Nobody wants to go back in Argentina
Nobody wants to go back in Argentina: (See also, “Argentina’s voters give socialism the heave-ho” by Monica Showalter.)
It took a bit too long for the numbers to be released but it was worth the wait. Maybe the best explanation for the Argentine results comes from…
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Nobody wants to go back in Argentina — President Milei's new political strength will allow him to push through reforms. https://t.co/zmxn3FzHUX
— American Thinker (@AmericanThinker) October 28, 2025
Monday, October 27, 2025
Argentina elections, Trump travels and Obama-Care needs changes
Argentina elections, Trump travels and Obama-Care needs changes
Reliable catastrophic health care plans
Reliable catastrophic health care plans: Remember those good old days before ObamaCare? Remember when a lot of people, yours truly included, bought plans to protect us from major expenses, not routine trips to the doctor? At one point, we had a high-deductible family plan where we paid….
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Remember those good old days before ObamaCare? Remember when a lot of people, yours truly included, bought plans to protect us from major expenses, not routine trips to the doctor? At one point, we had a high-deductible family plan where we paid minor stuff out of pocket but had…
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 27, 2025
1991 and probably the best game 7 of our generation
The Twins had won in 1987 and came back for another title.
The Braves had struggled in the 1980's and started their amazing run of 14 consecutive divisional titles under Bobby Cox.
Game 7 featured veteran Jack Morris and young John Smoltz.
The game was 0-0 after 9 innings. The Twins finally scored in the bottom of the 10th and won 1-0.
It was a great game and probably one of the very best World Series game ever.
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Reagan’s words and our family
We recalled this week that President Reagan passed away in June 2004. Today, we remember that the California GOP nominated Ronald Reagan for governor. Yes, it started in the Golden State. I guess that it was a bit different back then.
He went on to win in 1966 and then reelection in 1970. Some of you may remember then-governor Reagan speaking at the 1968 and 1972 GOP conventions. In fact, there was a short-lived movement to draft Reagan in 1968.
After leaving office in 1974, Pres. Reagan began writing a weekly column and doing radio messages. It was about this time that I began to take an interest in his messages.
In 1976, he challenged President Gerald Ford and took it to the Kansas City convention. I was a volunteer in that primary fight against President Ford.
In 1980, Reagan was elected president and reelected in 1984.
We can say that it all started today in 1966.
However, it probably really started with that great speech supporting Senator Goldwater in October 1964. It was called “A time for choosing” and revealed Ronald Reagan’s incredible ability to communicate conservative principles. Our family had just arrived in the U.S. and a part of that speech created some very good dinner table conversation at our home. This is what he said:
Not too long ago, two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, "We don't know how lucky we are." And the Cuban stopped and said, "How lucky you are? I had someplace to escape to." And in that sentence he told us the entire story. If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
Reagan's words touched our family. I did not know back then that I'd be voting for him someday. His words were discussed at our dinner table. I hope that young people today learn that if we lose freedom then there’s no place to escape. No place.
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Game 6 of 2011 Series: What happened Nelson?
We remember one of the craziest games in baseball history. I am talking about game 6 of the 2011 World Series. The Rangers went into the bottom of the 9th with a 2 run lead. The Cardinals tied the game when Nelson Cruz missed a fly ball.
To be fair, we should add that Cruz was one of the big reasons that Texas was in the Series.
Josh Hamilton hit a 2-run homer in the top of the 10th. However, the Cardinals came back again.
It finally ended in the bottom of the 12th when Freese hit a walk off HR.
Texas was within a strike in the 9th and 10th and could not close it. It still hurts!
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Sunday, October 26, 2025
A chat with George Rodriguez, South Texas conservative...
Guest: George Rodriguez, South Texas conservative....The border water dispute between the US and Mexico..Senator Crockett?....Plus other stories.....
You left the water runnin’ now
You left the water runnin’ now: Don’t look now, but a water crisis is brewing on the border. Yes, water, as in “agua.” We got the “people crossing” crisis under control. Illegal immigration at the border is under control. Water, well, that’s a…
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Don’t look now, but a water crisis is brewing on the border. Yes, water, as in “agua.” We got the “people crossing” crisis under control. Illegal immigration at the border is under control. Water, well, that’s a different story.
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 26, 2025
You left the water runnin’ now - American Thinker…
Martin Dihigo, Hall of Fame baseball player
We remember today the life and times of Martin Dihigo, the great Cuban player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Dihigo was born on this day in 1905 and played in the Negro Leagues from 1923-47.
Dihigo was 42 by the time that Jackie Robinson broke "the color line" in 1947.
We do know that Buck Leonard, the legendary player and manager of the Kansas City Monarchs said this:
"He was the greatest all-around player I know. I say he was the best player of all time, black or white. He could do it all."He hit .304 over a 12 year career in the Negro Leagues. He died in Cuba in 1971.
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Saturday, October 25, 2025
Ford from Ontario fumbled and other stories
The Canada-US trade talks and we remember June Lockhart (1925-2025)
Doug Ford steps in it
Doug Ford steps in it: Maybe it's me but I've never been very impressed with Ontario PM Doug Ford. He comes across like that kid in school who is always picking a fight and gets his butt kicked every time. Do you remember when he was talking about retaliating ...
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Moral of the story: Don't mess with Trump by altering Reagan's words.
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 25, 2025
Doug Ford steps in it - American Thinker https://t.co/fMVRQ6eJf2
Friday, October 24, 2025
The NBA, inflation and World Series tonight
Minnesota and men in women's sports; Canada and Reagan's words' NBA scandal; Good news on inflation and The 2025 World Series.
The land of 10,000 flakes
The land of 10,000 flakes: What in the world is going on in Minnesota? We used to call it…
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Where are the feminists? I guess they are watching the WNBA and avoiding this issue like a plague. Gender ideology is what matters, not women's rights.
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 24, 2025
The land of 10,000 flakes - American Thinker https://t.co/w25b48NqHC
1986: Bill Russell retired from the Dodgers
The Dodgers won the NL pennant in 1974, 1977, and 1978. LA finally won in 1981!
Russell broke with LA in 1969 and became the regular shortstop in 1972. He retired in 1986 with 1,926 hits and a .263 batting average.
We will remember Russell and the other 3 as that steady Dodgers' infield: they combined for 21 All-Star game appearances!
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Thursday, October 23, 2025
A chat with Mailyn Salabarria, Public Speaker, about the election in Bolivia
Guest: Mailyn Salabarria, Public Speaker. We will discuss the historic election in Bolivia and other regional matters and other stories..
When horses and roosters met ICE
When horses and roosters met ICE: As I may have told you before, I lived and worked in Mexico City years ago. It was a great experience and the people were very nice. At the same time, I was introduced to something that happens a lot in rural Mexico: illegal horse races, rooster fighting ...
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This is just another example of what happens when illegal immigration goes unchecked.
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 23, 2025
When horses and roosters met ICE - American Thinker https://t.co/RZBt3iElWu
We remember Johnny Carson (1925-2005)
Johnny Carson was born in Nebraska on this day in 1925. He took over The Tonight Show in the early 1960’s and became an entertainment “fix” for many of us.
My favorite two scenes were Carnac and those exotic animals on the set. It was great to see Carson’s face when he was holding the little animal.
Carson left a lot of memories, specially watching my father struggle with the punch lines!
You can get those old shows on DVD.
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1993: Carter wins it for Toronto
Let’s turn the clock back to 1993 and remember a very happy night in Canada. Joe Carter hit a walk off HR to win the World Series. It was the first walk off HR since Mazeroski in 1960.
And yet it was a back to back championships for Toronto. They beat Atlanta in 1992!
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda
We will look at the latest from the election in New York City, update from the Middle East, Kennedy and missiles in Cuba 1962 and other stories.
The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda
The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda
We will look at the latest from the election in New York City, update from the Middle East and other stories.
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The first time I heard President Kennedy's voice
The first time I heard President Kennedy's voice: By October 1962, Castro had already declared himself a Marxist-Leninist, something he’d denied before on…
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The first time I heard President Kennedy's voice — How the Missile Crisis looked to Cubans. https://t.co/glUbSHAEfm
— American Thinker (@AmericanThinker) October 22, 2025
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Shutdown Day 21, Bolivia, Trump vs Petro and Maduro plus more
Shutdown Day 21, Bolivia, Trump vs Petro and Maduro plus more
It's 1,2,3 what are we fighting for?
It's 1,2,3 what are we fighting for?: Did you get the feeling that a lot of oldies but goodies were marching on Saturday? The people who grew up watching Eddie Haskell decided to come out and enjoy the fresh air.
I recall a news report from a Boston station saying that a lot of what….
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So here we are. Lots of marching and reality creeping after the weekend. Most Americans don't think we have a king but Democrats feel miserable about their leaders. Maybe that's the story of the march.
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 21, 2025
It's 1,2,3 what are we fighting for? - American Thinker…
We remember Whitey Ford (1928-2020)
We remember Whitey Ford who was born in Astoria, New York, in 1928 and died in 2020. He was known as "The Chairman of the Board" when he pitched for the mighty Yankees, 1950-67.
Ford pitched in 11 World Series for New York: 10-8 & 2.71 ERA. Overall, he was 236-106 with an amazing career ERA of 2.75!
Ford was selected to The Hall of Fame in 1974. He was the ace of some of the greatest Yankee teams ever. His teammates included Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Roger Maris and others.
And a great gentleman as well.
Ford pitched in 11 World Series for New York: 10-8 & 2.71 ERA. Overall, he was 236-106 with an amazing career ERA of 2.75!
Ford was selected to The Hall of Fame in 1974. He was the ace of some of the greatest Yankee teams ever. His teammates included Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Roger Maris and others.
And a great gentleman as well.
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The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
We remember The Battle of Trafalgar that took place this day in 1805. Victory ensured that Napoleon would never invade Great Britain. Admiral Nelson, who was killed, was hailed as the savior of his nation and given a magnificent funeral in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
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Monday, October 20, 2025
The day after the march, another Biden book, Trump vs Colombia plus more
The day after the march, another Biden book, Trump vs Colombia and we remember Mickey Mantle.
The marches are not creating a blue wave
The marches are not creating a blue wave: Let me break some liberal hearts this morning. All those marches against the king we don't have are not translating into votes or the blue wave that they need to win back the votes they lost.
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Let me break some liberal hearts this morning. All those marches against the king we don't have are not translating into votes or the blue wave that they need to win back the votes they lost.
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 20, 2025
The marches are not creating a blue wave - American Thinker https://t.co/55DCQby9nn
Let me break some liberal hearts this morning. All those marches against the king we don’t have are not translating into votes or the blue wave that they need to win back the votes they lost. Let’s check this from Roger Kimball:
Donald Trump was elected chiefly because he promised to do four things: (1) seal the Southern border; (2) remove the millions of illegal immigrants preying upon the country; (3) wage war upon the reign of woke ideology; (4) jump-start and Americanize the moribund economy. Nota bene: these are things he campaigned on. Things he was elected to do. This is what people voted for. And that is precisely what the “No Kings” mob is protesting.
Meanwhile, the “No Kings” automata were happy to acquiesce in Biden’s neo-totalitarian deep-state rule. Censorship was okay. The Covid shut-down was okay. The harassment and prosecution of one’s political enemies was just what the doctor ordered. The effort to destroy Trump was okay. It isn’t kings these people oppose; it is just the fact that their king lost his crown and their court was displaced.
Their king lost his crown! What a great line!
A big test is coming up on the first Tuesday in November when Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City will vote. I recall watching some Democrat experts saying that the country would finally speak against Trump in the beginning of a blue wave.
Well, I don’t see a blue wave anywhere.
In Virginia, what was supposed to be an easy win has become a lot more complicated. Why? I guess all those moms don’t like their daughters showering with men, no matter how many word salads you offer them. They don’t want salad, they want to protect their daughter’s dignity.
In New Jersey, the Democrat candidate thought that talking about Trump was what the voters wanted to hear. She is painfully learning that they’d rather talk about property taxes, electricity bills, and lousy public schools.
And finally, the biggest nightmare is New York City, where the worst possible outcome is emerging — the election of a Democrat Socialist.
Blue wave? I don’t see it. They may win Virginia and New Jersey but it won’t be the victories they saw weeks ago. And Mamdani is what everyone but the Democrats are going to want to talk about.
So keep marching, but it’s not turning into votes. It’s like loading the bases and not scoring runs. You win by scoring runs, not by leaving runners on base as a wise manager once said.
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We remember Tom Petty (1950-2017)
We remember Tom Petty who was born in Florida on this day in 1950. He passed away in 2017 or a couple of days before he turned 67.
Petty's guitar was the common denominator in all of his songs. And you can still hear his music all over the radio.
It's hard to pick a favorite but "The waiting" from 1981 is great.
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Sunday, October 19, 2025
A chat with George Rodriguez, South Texas conservative...
Guest: George Rodriguez, South Texas conservative....The "no kings" march". Shutdown politics. Attacks on ICE...Plus other stories.....
Watch out for the crazies this weekend
Watch out for the crazies this weekend: Did you hear that we marched against “kings” this weekend? Yes, who knows how many reminded us that they hate kings, dictators, authoritarians, and anything that rhymes with Trump. Yes, anything that rhymes with Trump.
At the same time...
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The man they claim to be a king, or dictator, or whatever other word you speak of, was the one who won the popular vote, carried 40 states, and 80-something percent of counties. Did I tell you that he got the US Senate and House?
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 19, 2025
What’s the point of marching against a king that…
Memory Lane: Bob Gibson's brilliant 1968 season!
Imagine that you can pick any pitcher to start game 7 of the World Series.
Gibson won game 7 of the 1964 series against the Yankees. He followed that with another game 7 victory against Boston in 1967.
Gibson was the top dog in the great Cardinals teams of the late 1960s. He was surrounded by other great players like Orlando Cepeda (MVP '67) and Ken Boyer (MVP '64). In the outfield, he played with Lou Brock and Curt Flood. His catcher was Tim McCarver, the same one who worked the post-season with Fox Sports.
In 1968, Gibson pitched the Cardinals into the Series again but lost to Detroit.
Nevertheless, the 1968 season was magical for Gibson:
Nevertheless, the 1968 season was magical for Gibson:
1) He won 22 games, pitched 28 complete games and 13 shutouts.
His ERA was a super-human 1.12!
I did not make a typing mistake.
It was indeed 1.12 over over 304 innings.
2) In game 1 of the Series, Gibson struck out 17 Tigers.
I remember running home from school to catch the last few pitches of this game. I missed the game but caught the last few K's on the radio.
Gibson went on to win 251 games in his career with a 2.91 ERA. He also threw 56 shutouts!
Bob Gibson was the greatest pitcher of his time.
Gibson was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1981. He is one of all my time favorites because he threw strikes and wasn't afraid to throw inside once in a while.
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