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Un-Covering the past.(former Minnesota Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven)(Brief Article)
BERT BLYLEVEN Former right-hander featured in Baseball Digest 15 years ago
IN THE SUMMER OF 1986, BERT BLYLEVEN WAS pitching in his 17th season in the major leagues, entering the campaign with 213 wins and 2,874 strikeouts.
At the start of the '86 season, pitching for the Minnesota Twins, the master of the curveball was closing in on becoming the tenth hurler to fan 3,000 or more batters.
The July 1986 issue of Baseball Digest ran a story on Blyleven on how he remained to be an effective pitcher through 16 big league seasons.
"The 16 years have gone fast," Blyleven told St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch writer Patrick Reusse. "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 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."
That refinement in Blyleven's mechanics started him on a career that would last 22 seasons and help him win 287 games (22nd all-time), pitch 4,970 innings (13th all-time), strike-out 3,701 batters (3rd ...
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