St. Louis Cardinals ace pitcher Bob Gibson delivers a ball and Willie Horton of the Detroit Tigers swings for a strike in the ninth inning of first game of the World Series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1968. Gibson struck Horton out for the final out, setting a new World Series strikeout record of 17 to defeat the Tigers 4-0. (AP Photo)
“I was asked 30 years ago, ‘When did you stop thinking about that World Series?” McCarver recalled. “I said, ‘I haven’t stopped thinking about it’.