{"id":1513,"date":"2013-08-12T04:02:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2015-01-08T18:07:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T23:07:52","slug":"josh-gibson-a-pittsburgh-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/08\/12\/josh-gibson-a-pittsburgh-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Gibson, a Pittsburgh guy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gibson is buried in Allegheny Cemetery. (James Klingensmith\/Post-Gazette) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We love Honus Wagner not because he was the best, but because he was the best and he knew it and still he remained humble.\u00a0Then there\u2019s the fighter Billy Conn. Conn\u2019s story is a bit more complicated. He made a disastrous mistake in the biggest fight of his life, then shrugged it off, buried his beloved mother, married his sweetheart and got on with his life. Character and toughness we appreciate. Brash arrogance?<\/span>\u00a0Not so much. A-Rod is not our type of guy.<\/p>\n

Josh Gibson is, though. He\u2019s a perfect match for Pittsburgh. Those who played with and observed Gibson in the Negro Leagues said he was jovial, easy-going, confident and, quite possibly, the best slugger in baseball history. He walked to the plate knowing he could hit the ball farther than anyone, but he never flaunted it.<\/p>\n

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