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He (Bob Gibson) pitches as though he's double-parked.

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Vin Scully
Age: 96
Born: 1927
Born: November 29
Journalist
Sports Commentator
Sportscaster
The Bronx
New York City
Vincent Edward Scully
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Though
Parked
Gibson
Pitches
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That is the way this game is -- you win, you lose, you celebrate and you suffer.
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