windups, vinnie, gibbie & gaylord

on today's broadcast, vin scully was talking about pitchers' windups -- how, when you compare the pitchers today, with pitchers from, say, the 1950s, you see how the windup...has almost disappeared -- you look at the way greinke pitches, the way joe kelly pitches -- almost no windup -- while...in the days of...i think he said...don drysdale, don newcombe, they almost looked like they were gonna fly away, they wound up so much

then he talked about bob gibson's numbers...in that amazing 1968 season, when the mound was...almost pointed -- 1.12 e.r.a., 13 shutouts, 304 innings, 28 complete games

well, you might say, that was when the mound was higher two years later, though -- even after the mound was lowered again, and his team finished under .500,...he finished that year, 23 and 7

well, vinnie was broadcasting a game, and gibson was in the booth with him -- it was a league-championship game -- gaylord perry was pitching, and chris speier came to the mound -- scully asked gibson, what would a rookie shortstop have to say to a veteran like gaylord perry -- gibson answered, absolutely nothing

then vinnie asked gibson,...and what if, when you were pitching, a rookie shortstop came to you -- what would you say to him

gibson: i wouldn't allow it

here's the story i always remember...about bob gibson -- gibson said, i own the outside part of the plate -- that's mine -- i'd knock down my own grandmother,...if she's leaning over the plate too much