ST. LOUIS — Bob Gibson is almost 80 years old, a Hall of Famer and a titan of October, never shy with an opinion or insight. His spiritual equivalent on his old team, the St. Louis Cardinals, is Trevor Rosenthal, a 25-year-old reliever who had barely pitched at all before turning professional.
“I’ll tell you right now, there’s one player in the major leagues that asks me more about my pitching than anybody, in all of the times I ever pitched or coached, and that’s the closer for the Cardinals,” Gibson said. “Every time he sees me.