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Justin Verlander: No More Mr. Nice Guy
Published by Greg Eno on May 29, 2009
Article Source: Bleacher Report - MLB
A team's ace pitcher doesn't have to be a Dale Carnegie protege.
The exact opposite, in fact, is often what's needed.
Bob Gibson had it.
"It" was the disposition of a hungry, caged lion.
Especially on the days that he was slated to pitch.
It was best to stay out of Gibson's way on those days. Gibson was never really known as a congenial man—still isn't, frankly—but he turned positively wretched when his turn in the rotation came up.
His teammates stayed far, far out of his way. Gibson, they said, walked around with a puss about as sour as under-ripe lemons. Then he went out and treated opposing hitters as if they went pee-...
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