They were both heroes of October, one on the mound, the other in the batter's box. And both were iconic players of their generation. Full Article at MLB.com

SAN FRANCISCO After the news conference ended, after Tim Lincecum had answered questions about winning his second consecutive Cy Young Award and after he had read a statement apologizing for his pot bust in Washington, well after all that I went up to... Full Article at Santa Rosa Press Democrat

ST. LOUIS -- Earlier this year, Bob Gibson auctioned off his Hall of Fame ring. This month, there's a price tag on the base Lou Brock touched to break the stolen base record. Those two have nothing on another St. Louis Cardinals star of the 1960s. Full Article at Miami Herald

ST. LOUIS -- Earlier this year, Bob Gibson auctioned off his Hall of Fame ring. This month, there's a price tag on the base Lou Brock touched to break the stolen base record. Those two have nothing on another St. Louis Cardinals star of the 1960s. Full Article at The Washington Post

ST. LOUIS - Earlier this year, Bob Gibson auctioned off his Hall of Fame ring. This month, there's a price tag on the base Lou Brock touched to break the stolen base record. Those two have nothing on another St. Louis Cardinals star of the 1960s. Full Article at Minneapolis Star Tribune

Earlier this year, Bob Gibson auctioned off his Hall of Fame ring. This month, there's a price tag on the base Lou Brock touched to break the stolen base record. Full Article at St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Former New York Yankees manager Billy Martin is among 20 former major-league managers, umpires and executives who'll be considered for election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Cooperstown shrine announced Tuesday. Full Article at The Oneonta Daily Star

► Today is Monday, Nov. 9, the 313th day of 2009. There are 52 days left in the year. ► Today’s birthdays: Former Democratic vice-presidential candidate R. Sargent Shriver is 94. Baseball executive Whitey Herzog is 78. Full Article at Boston Globe

One of the pleasant, though generally expected, side effects of a World Series is the way in which the media turns to old-timey players to get their perspectives on the games being played today. Full Article at Sports Blogs

Chase Utley needs to kiss the Yankee Stadium dirt tonight. Enough is enough, already. I would never advocate throwing at somebody’s head, but there comes a time when you’ve got to make an insanely hot hitter like Utley squirm. Full Article at New York Post

NEW YORK - Bob Gibson and Mickey Lolich must be reaching for the Pepto, and not the tablets, but the pink drink, straight-up. But, then, this is the state of big-league pitching, and it has manifested itself on the sport's biggest stage. Full Article at The Poughkeepsie Journal

Chase Utley needs to kiss the Yankee Stadium dirt tonight. Enough is enough, already. I would never advocate throwing at somebody’s head, but there comes a time when you’ve got to make an insanely hot hitter like Utley squirm. Full Article at Sports Blogs

The First Fall Classic: The Red Sox, the Giants and the Cast of Players, Pugs and Politicos Who Re-Invented the World Series in 1912 Doubleday, 290 pages, $26.95 Game Six -- Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's... Full Article at Village Voice

St. Louis Cardinals great Bob Gibson doesn't understand the issue of pitchers starting games on only three days rest. "What's the big deal?" Gibson said Monday night. "I don't get it. I don't think it's going to kill somebody. Full Article at Sports Blogs

NEW YORK — Bob Gibson and Mickey Lolich must be reaching for the Pepto, and not the tablets, but the pink drink, straight-up. But, then, this is the state of big-league pitching, and it has manifested itself on the sport's biggest stage. Full Article at Asbury Park Press

BOB GIBSON and Reggie Jackson collaborating on a book? Jackson, who never met a reporter's notebook he didn't try to fill? And Gibson, who treated writers like they had swine flu, back before we'd ever heard of swine flu. Introvert, extrovert. Full Article at Philadelphia Daily News

TOWER GROVE — In one of the most dominant World Series pitching performances of our era, Philadelphia Phillies lefty Cliff Lee tied-up one of the finest lineups in the game last night, striking out 10 New York Yankees and authoring a complete-game in... Full Article at St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Thanks to Jimmy Rollins’ throwing error, the Yankees avoided being shut out in back-to-back World Series games for the first time in their history, but that was little solace for the Bombers as they lost to the Phillies, 6-1, in Game 1 of the World... Full Article at New York Daily News

Bob Gibson once struck out 17 batters to beat a 31-game winner. Sandy Koufax once pitched a shutout on two days' rest. And Don Larsen had a nice start of his own. But we're guessing most of you don't have perfect recall of those gems. Full Article at ESPN