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Bob Gibson: 'The reaper came the other day — and I wouldn't answer
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Back in the day, Nov. 9, 1935: North Omaha native and Hall of Fame
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Tough-as-steel Gibson also had a softer side
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SN 50: Remembering Bob Gibson, the man and the myth
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Bob Gibson Keeps His Distance
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Bob Gibson
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67 Cards were 'really smart' and, as Gibson proved, really tough
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Tough-as-steel Gibson also had a softer side
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Bob Gibson had anticlimactic end to shutout streak
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Bob Gibson becomes the second pitcher to record 3,000 strikeouts