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Rob Dibble
Pitcher
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
debut
June 29, 1988, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last appearance
September 30, 1995, for the Milwaukee Brewers
Career statistics
Win–Loss record27–25
Earned run average2.98
Strikeouts645
Saves89
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Robert Keith Dibble (born January 24, 1964 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is a graduate of Southington High School in Southington, Connecticut.

Baseball career

Cincinnati Reds

A promising young pitcher with a blazing fastball that often exceeded 99 mph, he was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the first round of the 1983 amateur draft, and made his debut with the Reds on June 29, 1988.

On June 4, 1989, Dibble struck out three batters on nine pitches in the eighth inning of a 5–3 win over the San Diego Padres. Dibble is one of 41 pitchers in Major League history to accomplish the nine-strike/three-strikeout half-inning.

He was an MLB All-Star in 1990 and 1991, and was the 1990 NLCS Most Valuable Player (along with fellow "Nasty Boy" Randy Myers). Also in 1990, Dibble and his Reds won the World Series by beating the Oakland Athletics in four consecutive games.

As a member of the Cincinnati Reds, the reliever recorded his 500th career strikeout in fewer innings—368—than any other pitcher in modern baseball history. Nolan Ryan, Bob Feller, Sandy Koufax and Lee Smith all needed more than 500 innings to strike out 500 batters.

Temper

During his career Dibble often was known for his temper. After a game in April 1991, he threw a baseball 400 feet into the center-field bleachers seats at Cincinnati, and struck a pregnant woman.[1] He was also involved in a brawl in 1991 with Astros shortstop Eric Yelding.[2] That same season he was caught attempting to throw a baseball into the back of Cubs outfielder Doug Dascenzo as he ran down the first base line.[3] Finally, Dibble was involved in a locker room brawl with Reds manager Lou Pinella after a game.[4]

Later career

Dibble required surgery to his pitching arm in 1994, and missed the entire season as a result. Dibble signed with the Milwaukee Brewers and also played with the Chicago White Sox. He signed with the Chicago Cubs at the end of the 1995 season, but didn't appear in a game. He signed with the Florida Marlins for the 1996 season, but missed the entire year due to injury[5], and retired soon after.

Broadcasting career

In 1998, Dibble joined ESPN as a baseball analyst, working mostly on the radio show hosted by Dan Patrick. Dibble worked on The Best Damn Sports Show Period as a co-host until 2008, when he left to join FOX on their Saturday baseball program as an analyst. Dibble also spends time as a co-host/analyst of First Pitch on XM Channel 175/Sirius channel 210. He formerly hosted The Show (on the same channel), with co-host Jody MacDonald. Dibble served as co-analyst (with Kevin Kennedy (baseball)) for FOXSports.com on a weekly video segment entitled "Around the Bases." served as a Little-League baseball coach in Avon, CT during the 2001 season. Dibble also is a co-host with former Major League player Denny Hocking on Fox Sports Radio Sunday night programming. In 2009, Dibble signed a 3-year contract to replace Don Sutton as the color voice of the Washington Nationals on MASN.[6].

In August 2010, Dibble was criticized for making comments viewed as sexist about women attending games, and later for implying that injured young pitching star Stephen Strasburg should "stop crying" & "suck it up" before it was announced that Strasburg was to have Tommy John surgery.[7][8] Dibble took a few days off from MASN after making the comments, and on September 1, 2010, MASN announced that Dibble was fired.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Shannon, Mike (1998). Tales from the Dugout: The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told. McGraw-Hill. p. 60. ISBN 0809229501.
  2. ^ "Dibble, Yielding suspended". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. April 18, 1991. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  3. ^ Vescey, Peter (July 26, 1991). "Sports of The Times; Rob Dibble: The Pitcher Most Likely". New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Piniella, Dibble Brawl in Clubhouse". Los Angeles Times. September 18, 1992. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  5. ^ http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3678190>
  6. ^ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/06/on-masn-dibble-wont-be-so-nasty/
  7. ^ Steinberg, Dan. "Rob Dibble amazed by women at baseball game". D.C. Sports Bog - Washington Post Online. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  8. ^ Kilgore, Adam. "Rob Dibble no longer broadcasting Nationals games". Nationals Journal - Washington Post Online. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  9. ^ "TV analyst Dibble won't make road trip". MLB.com. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  10. ^ Steinberg, Dan. "Dibble discusses Strasburg's injury". D.C. Sports Bog - Washington Post Online. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
Preceded by National League Championship Series MVP
(co-MVP with Randy Myers)
1990 		Succeeded by
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