The Year of the Pitcher: Corralling Chaos in 1968

By the time the Cardinals and Tigers met for Game 1 of the 1968 World Series on October 2, two leading figures had been assassinated, riots had burned dozens of cities, Chicago police had clubbed protestors at the Democratic National Convention on live television, and Soviet tanks rolled through Prague. Inside the ballpark, Bob Gibson struck out 17 Detroit Tigers in a 4-0 shutout in one of the…