The Home Run Derby has replaced the All-Star Game when people think of the Mid-Summer Classic in baseball. Legendary sportscaster Warner Wolf offers his take on why this has to change. @iheartradio.co ...

Clayton Kershaw is the newest member of one of MLB’s most exclusive clubs. But the hallowed milestone he just achieved might never happen again.

The Justice Department’s pardon attorney was dismissed a day after she refused to recommend that the actor Mel Gibson, a prominent supporter of President Trump’s, should have his gun rights ...

After the 1968 season, because of how Gibson and other pitchers dominated hitters in the Year of the Pitcher, Major League Baseball lowered the mound from 15 inches to 10 inches and shrunk the ...

The spike in strikeouts, the dip in home runs and worries that the game is becoming boring for fans reminds some people of 1968, when Bob Gibson, Denny McLain and their fellow aces dominated.

Bob Gibson was an intimidating presence on the mound who struck fear in batters — but who also earned plenty of respect. Here he's shown in 1964. ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

Bob Gibson was a leader on the mound and in the clubhouse. Here he clowns in front of, from left, Mike Shannon, Curt Flood, Julian Javier, and Ed Spiezio in September 1967.

Gibson's season was so good, baseball officials lowered the mound by five inches. The change didn't effect him. He was 20-13 with a 2.18 earned run average. He started 35 games. 28 of those games ...

They lowered the mound from 15 to 10 inches in 1969 and shrank the strike zone. “I was pissed,” Gibson later remarked, although he remained a top pitcher for several years and in 1971 threw ...

Gibson was added to assist longtime pitching coach Rube Walker, with an emphasis on the mental approach to the mound. “Gibby wouldn’t be in the bullpens, hardly ever.

The remarkable part of Gibson’s 1968 season was that he somehow lost nine games in a year when he struck out 268 batters and threw 13 shutouts. He had 28 complete games that year and 28 more the next ...

It lowered the pitching mound from 15 inches to 10 inches, and the strike zone became more compact, virtually eliminating the "high" strike. Lowering the pitcher’s mound was the first major change in ...