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Only pitcher to win 7 consecutive WS (Original Post) kairos12 Feb 2024 OP
Whitey Ford was my guess. TheRickles Feb 2024 #1
Gibby,. I should have known! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #2
only pitcher's name I knew peasant one Feb 2024 #3
The two losses that sandwiched the wins were complete games, too. rsdsharp Feb 2024 #4

TheRickles

(2,378 posts)
1. Whitey Ford was my guess.
Sun Feb 4, 2024, 10:54 AM
Feb 2024

I probably suppressed Gibson's name because I'm still traumatized by what he did to my Red Sox in 1967!

peasant one

(152 posts)
3. only pitcher's name I knew
Sun Feb 4, 2024, 11:17 AM
Feb 2024

I watched my first and so far last world series with my brother in 1967 and at the time knew all of the names of our team--can't remember them now but do remember Curt Flood, Bob Gibson, and Julio Javier.

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