In MLB, which pitcher got a really bad name of throwing "Chin Music" ball to batter?
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About which era are you asking? Some of the pitchers that stand out in recent decades have already been listed by others before up above. Bob Gibson of the Cardinals, of whom it was said he would knock down his own grandmother if she stood too close to the plate, is a little more recent than Maglie, etc. Don Drysdale was another of that era who didn't hesitate to throw the high and tight one.Another pitcher of a little later era was Rob Dibble, who played for the Reds, and showed no hesitation to come in high and tight if the situation called for it...
In all reality, those are some of the true last "chin music" pitchers because now, if the pitcher even looks like he is intentionally coming in too close to the hitter, he is warned, then if if happens again, both he and his manager might break out the Irish Spring soap and hit the showers, because their day/night is most likely over, along with having a little lighter wallet...
It seems that we can't have any fun any more...One of these days I'm sure some poor guy out on the mound will hit a guy and be sued or something; it's sad really. Sorta like how they have sanitized football. Dick Butkus or Ben Davidson would probably either be sued for being too mean, sent to prison, or executed for the way they play if they were on the gridiron in today's game.
Sorry for waxing nostalgic for a minute, but our sports have changed so much they are now a microcosm of our present society where if someone does something we don't like, we cry until they change the rules on them whether the changes are justified or not. :-)
I'll quit writing now; I'm getting so upset thinking about how our national pasttime has changed that I might have to go throw at someone!
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More than one pitcher was accused of brushing back a hitter. Earl Wynn of the Cleveland Indains, Sal Maglie of the Dodgers, and Don Drysdale were the most famous.Does anyone know if ken oberkfell or bob horner were in spring training with the Orioles?
Sal Maglie comes to mind. He got the nickname of"the barber", because he wouldn't hesitate to give a batter a "close shave". Don Drysdale and Bob Gibson were a couple of tough guys who wouldn't think twice about hitting you if they thought they had half a reason to do so.Why did the Boston Red Sox wear green at their game on Friday April 20th?
Bob Gibson. He used it to become the most feared pitcher of all time.Are the yankees doomed this year due to bad pitching?
The above answerers all named pitchers who brushed back batters more recently however I would say Clemens was known to intentionally throw at batters to move them back. I have seen him do it to many batters B. J. Surhoff with the O's and Piazza when with the Mets were two of his victims.Why can't you lick your fingers when on the mound pitching?
Unless I missed his name in someone elses answer- Juan Marichal. He had the best brushback in the gameI don't think there is one most infamous "head hunter" of all time. Bob Gibson is the most famous one to come to my mind, but c'mon! In the good ol' days of baseball, virtually EVERYONE came inside on a regular basis and if you hit a home run off anyone, it was just understood that you were going down in your next at bat! That was once "just baseball." No longer!
So, in that sense, I have NO IDEA who you have in mind. Sorry.
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Don Drysdale was mean as the summer day is long when he was on the mound. He once said he would hit his mother if she got too close to the plate.I have a softball question about a song the teams sing?
Boy oh boy, Gibson and Drysdale followed by Nolan Ryan. In Dave Winfields first MLB at bat he hit a homer off Gibson, he took too long rounding the bags so the next three at bats Gibson hit him high and hard.John Lackey. He doesnt only throw it close, he he hits ya if ya get to close to the plate
Bob Gibson was the master, he was the INTIMIDATOR! Players of his time have gone on record saying they "FEEEEEEEARED HIM". Nobody ever showed up Gibson more than once. That's when baseball was baseball.
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