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4. Jan. 2013 · Friday morning, David Laurila of FanGraphs posted this Q&A with former Cubs first baseman Pete LaCock in which LaCock relates two stories about his encounters with Cardinals Hall of Fame...
On September 3, 1975 — In the final game of his Hall of Fame career, Cardinals’ great Bob Gibson gives up a grand slam to Pete LaCock, the son of Hollywood Squares host Peter Marshall. LaCock took Gibson to a 3-and-2 count and then golfed a low fastball high over the right-field wall.
25. Nov. 2010 · I absolutely love it! Anyway, while he was interviewing the great Rod Carew and the great Tony Gwynn, Costas told the story of Pete Lacock hitting the last pitch Bob Gibson threw for a Grand Slam home run. Ten years later, at an old timers game, GIbson hit Pete Lacock with a pitch.
On the final pitch of his Hall of Fame career, Cardinals great Bob Gibson gives up a grand slam to Pete LaCock. It will be LaCock’s only bases-loaded homer of his career. I have heard this fact many times–it’s a sad thing. But a fellow on Twitter named Al Yellon ( @bleedcubbieblue) pointed out to me that this “fact” is not a “fact” at all.
3. Jan. 2013 · I had been hitting the ball pretty well, so they brought me up from Double-A. I was 19 years old. The game was in Chicago, and Bob Gibson was pitching for the Cardinals. “It was 3-2, bottom of the ninth, and we had runners on second and third with two outs. Our pitcher was due up and Don Kessinger was the next hitter.
LaCock is perhaps best known for a famous, possibly apocryphal involving Hall of Famer Bob Gibson. In 1975, during Gibson's final game, LaCock hit a grand slam home run, becoming the last hitter to get a base hit off Gibson. Gibson retired soon afterwards.
4. Jan. 2013 · “[In 1975], they had a Bob Gibson Day, in St. Louis. They gave him a big parade, a motor home, a bust of his head. The whole nine yards. He didn’t start that game — he was pitching out of the...