Bert Blyleven Quotes

• The problem with being Comeback Player of the Year is it means you have to go somewhere before you can come back.

  Bert Blyleven

  Mean, Player, Years

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• Getting into the Hall of Fame won't change me. I'm still going to pass gas and pick my nose like I always do.

  Bert Blyleven

  Noses, Fame, Gas

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• It enrages me to see only certain players singled out for the Hall of Fame because they were born with a God-given specialty. When I take my kids to the Baseball Hall of Fame, I want them to experience the full array of talents that make the game what it is today, not just the larger-than-life freaks of nature. I want them to know that you don't have to be the biggest or the strongest to reach your goals, and that hard work and perseverance are also rewarded.

  Bert Blyleven

  Baseball, Perseverance, Kids

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• I love baseball. I love watching baseball. As a broadcaster, I get to watch the best 700 players put on the uniform year after year. That, to me, is exciting.

  Bert Blyleven

  Baseball, Player, Years

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• One curve I'll always remember was when I was pitching for Pittsburgh. Terry Kennedy was a young player with St. Louis. I threw him an 0-2 curve and it snapped. Terry's reaction was to swing straight down, like he was chopping the plate with an axe. It was the last out of the inning. After I ran off the mound, I looked over at the St. Louis dugout. There were players rolling around on the floor, laughing. Poor Terry. I'll have to admit that was a hell of a curveball.

  Bert Blyleven

  Player, Curves, Swings

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• I want to stay around longer than the pitchers who were at the top when I came into the big leagues. I don't want to be gone and have all the old guys - Seaver, Carlton, Ryan and Sutton - still pitching. I got rid of Palmer, now I want to outlast the rest of them.

  Bert Blyleven

  League, Guy, Gone

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• The best thing about the New Year is your 4.90 ERA disappears and starts back at zero.

  Bert Blyleven

  New Year, Zero, Years

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• The 16 years have gone so fast. I came to Minnesota as a 19-year-old kid. Marv Grissom was the pitching coach, an old-timer who taught me quite a bit. Marv didn't like the way I stepped toward the plate. I had a tendency to throw across my body. So, he took me off to the side at Met Stadium and put a chair on the mound. If I threw across my body, I would step on the chair. Marv was trying to hurt me. I fooled him. I started stepping the right way.

  Bert Blyleven

  Hurt, Kids, Years

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• I'm from Southern California, so I feel much more comfortable with a golf club in my hand than I do a weapon.

  Bert Blyleven

  Golf, Hands, California

  "Answer Man: Bert Blyleven talks the Hall, swearing on air". Interview with David Brown, sports.yahoo.com. May 22, 2008.

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• I know I've got a lock on the Dutch Hall of Fame.

  Bert Blyleven

  Locks, Dutch, Fame

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• I really like Kansas City Royals stadium - Kauffman Stadium.

  Bert Blyleven

  Cities, Kansas City, Royal

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