Blyleven was born in the Netherlands but was raised in Garden Grove, California where he attended Santiago High School , his father moved the family to Melville, Saskatchewan when Blyleven was two years old, [1] and he then moved his family to Southern California when Blyleven was five years old. He became interested in baseball as a young boy watching Sandy Koufax pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers and listening to Vin Scully and Jerry Doggett announce the Dodgers' radio broadcasts. Blyleven was quoted as saying, "My dad built me a mound in the backyard with a canvas backdrop over our horseshoe pits, and I would go back there and just throw and throw and throw until I developed it, and it became my curveball, and I could throw it over at any time, any count. Blyleven starred on the Santiago High School baseball team, also running cross country to build up his stamina and leg strength, he was drafted straight out of high school by the Minnesota Twins in the third round in after just 21 minor league starts, he found himself called up to the Majors at age 19 on June 2, In , he pitched 9 shutouts, the most shutouts of any AL pitcher that season.
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As a grown man, there are very few times you can actually wear a jersey and not look like a total fucktard. There is, however, a time and a place for everything. There is pretty much one acceptable place for a grown person to wear a jersey…you guessed it…at a fucking game! Discussion: The notables are all there.
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