FILE 10/12/1967 - BOSTON The scoreboard in left field at Fenway Park tells the story of the final World Series game as Cardinals catcher Tim McCarver comes out to the mound to congratulate Bob Gibson who pitched a three-hit ball game to win 7-2. UPI Telephoto
UPI TelephotoST. LOUIS • On his way to cover the 1967 All-Star Game out west, Post-Dispatch sports columnist and Hall of Fame baseball writer Bob Broeg took a detour for dinner and a show in Las Vegas. He spotted a chalkboard with the day’s baseball results scribbled, erased, and scribbled again, and as his eyes scanned for the Cardinals’ score against Pittsburgh, he saw the big, all-caps word chalked next to the starting pitcher’s name.