Bert Blyleven - A Multigenerational Curveball 🪝

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Bert Blyleven was a journeyman who relied on a devastating breaking ball. He was a World Series champion with the 1979 Pirates, and the 1987 Twins. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.
Relevant Players: Sandy Koufax, Lee May, Rod Carew, Tony Oliva, Harmon Killebrew, Orlando Cepeda, Jim "Catfish" Hunter, Nolan Ryan, Willie Stargell, Kirby Puckett
Music Credits: Tigerblood Jewell, The Big Let Down, Tellsonic via Epidemic Sound
#Baseball #Pitching #Curveball #WorldSeries #CyYoung #Twins #Rangers #Pirates #Indians #Angels

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@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

A small clarification. Bert was in his 2nd stint with the Twins when he got his 3,000th strikeout, which is pictured. He hit the 3,500 mark as an Angel.

@joegrahe3958 7 ай бұрын

Proud to have saved a few of his wins

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

So awesome. Thanks for watching, Joe!

@jaykaufman9782 7 ай бұрын

Love and admire this man. His two decades in the broadcast booth with Dick Bremer are the sounds of my evenings before I turned in for the night. Mr. Blyleven has a place deep in my psyche. Thank you!!

@daleahlquist3440 7 ай бұрын

Best curve ball in history. No. 5 all time strikeouts. No. 9 all time shutouts. Never got any run support. Should have won 350 games. I watched him pitch his first game and his last game. And he led the Twins to their first World Series. Should have been elected to the Hall a lot sooner.

@big8dog887 7 ай бұрын

Also the pitching coach for the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic, a team that generally seems to outperform expectations.

@rudivanrooijen7611 7 ай бұрын

Honestly, during the WBC the Netherlands puts a guy like Blijleven on the coachingstaff primarily from a viewpoint of pleasing MLB and honoring his accomplishments as a player.

@jesseasbury2612 7 ай бұрын

It wouldn't have been a true Blyleven video without his "I Love to Fart" shirt. Perfect.

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

My only regret is not putting it in there more.

@williamrea5193 7 ай бұрын

94.5 career WAR and only 2 All Star games. That's wild. Dude was crazy good from 19 to 40. Thanks HatBilly.

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for mentioning the lack of All Star appearances, I left that out.

@poindextertunes 7 ай бұрын

Man I’m surprised I’ve never heard of this guy. Seems super underrated as a pitcher

@Fshrimpner 4 ай бұрын

Bert pitched when I was a little leaguer. I was a Tiger fan but also a pitcher from LL thru HS. His curve ball mesmerized me. I always wished he played in Detroit. One of my idols along with Jim Palmer. Thanks for the memories. 👍🏻

@frankporter6169 6 ай бұрын

He was a joy to watch

@DutchChattahoochee 7 ай бұрын

always love these, because sometimes i am not aware of certain players. i kinda was aware of him, BUT, wasn't aware he was this level of good. lol

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

Exactly, man. You wouldn't think a hall of famer would be underrated, but Bert is.

@bentighe4811 5 ай бұрын

@@Hatbilly it's because of his incredible bad luck re run support. He deserved dozens more wins.

@ILoveMisty1985 7 ай бұрын

Good ol' Bert Blyleven! I grew up with a Topps 1993 card of his that had his complete stats and spent hours looking at it. I was on the Bert for Hall bandwagon as soon as he debuted on the ballot, which was incidentally the first year I followed Hall of Fame voting. The fact it took him until 2011 to get in was downright criminal.

@howie9751 7 ай бұрын

Other than 1987, he never had a great year. Good pitcher, not really a HOFer.

@NeoTurboManiac78 4 ай бұрын

@@howie9751Look at his numbers again. Aside from W-L, Blyleven had about a dozen seasons where he pitched like a stud. He didn't get the recognition back then, because the a pitcher's W-L record is what got them All-Star nominations and Cy Young Award votes.

@howie9751 4 ай бұрын

@@NeoTurboManiac78 Pitchers get paid to win. Bottom line. Never saw him as a great pitcher. He did get a lot of recognition, by the way, more than he deserved. That doesn't mean I thought he was a bad pitcher, just not a HOFer.

@John-elcid 7 ай бұрын

Great video. You always bring a great blast from the past to life in these videos

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

I really appreciate that! Definitely what I'm going for on the channel.

@NomahLovesYah 7 ай бұрын

Cool video, just subbed!

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

Hey, I really appreciate it!

@jonathanziegler8126 7 ай бұрын

Great Video

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

@antonioreconquistador 7 ай бұрын

The frying dutchman! Crazy story and amazing name, great video as always)

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

I really appreciate it, man!

@marcusanderson933 7 ай бұрын

That 12/6 curveball was wicked! ⚾️

@poindextertunes 7 ай бұрын

He had about 3 different curveballs by my estimation. A 12-6, a 2-8, and what looks like a slurve in some instances

@RetroBaseball 7 ай бұрын

Great video as always!

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, my friend!

@k.s.nichols4060 7 ай бұрын

Instant subscribe for covering a non-media prime figure.

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! You'll find a lot of that on my channel. I'd say I have a love/hate relationship with the algorithm more than most because I focus on forgotten players.

@acespace7255 7 ай бұрын

Tiger Killer. That curve showed up on TV really well

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

I agree, that was one of the factors that led me to commit to making this video, for sure.

@aarongoldstein7614 7 ай бұрын

Two corrections. First, the Twins owner was Calvin Griffith. Clark Griffith was his uncle who owned the original Washington Senators. Second, the April 29, 1980 start against the Expos took place in Pittsburgh, not Montreal. Still, good stuff.

@k.s.nichols4060 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind corrections. We need as many cool baseball videos essayists as possible and for correct facts.

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

I appreciate that. I believe both were Freudian slip-type things, because the SABR article I pulled the info from aligns with what you're saying. I've had Clark Griffith on the brains since I did Charlotte O's video like two years ago.

@barleymepodcast2301 7 ай бұрын

8 fingers down salute 😂😂

@bigtalk2598 7 ай бұрын

My mom sold him a car while he pitched for Cleveland.

@willslowik7264 7 ай бұрын

What kind of car and can you imagine how many people he flipped off while driving?!?

@doublek321 7 ай бұрын

Bert "Be Home" Blyleven

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

I have a piece on John "Let It Be" Lowenstein, as well, if you're interested. Berman is the best.

@mattfulmer4243 7 ай бұрын

As an Indian, he was the one to suggest to the Front Office that they should put Chief Wahoo back on their caps!

@DrAnarchy69 7 ай бұрын

And he was completely wrong as it’s racist as hell

@mattfulmer4243 7 ай бұрын

@@DrAnarchy69 Whatever you say, Lady.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@thirdlegstalliano 7 ай бұрын

Needless to say, that didn't age well. It's weird that you deny how racist it was and still is

@jamestepera3356 2 ай бұрын

Cool. That Makes me an even bigger fan of Bert now.

@frederickvondrasek5618 7 ай бұрын

...saw him win that '87 game two. Awright...

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

Nice! Thanks for sharing that memory!

@thirdlegstalliano 7 ай бұрын

Ah, the dugout hot foot, classic Blyleven, smh, classic Blyleven

@Weshopwizard 7 ай бұрын

Old school baseball is much better.

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

Agreed, 100%

@positively_broad_st3780 7 ай бұрын

I know you love MiLB (and so do I), but have you ever considered changing this channel's name to Baseball Hatbilly or Hatbilly Baseball or just Hatbilly since you're not really doing MiLB anymore. I'm going to watch either way, but maybe a name alteration might help build the channel. You deserve way more subs than you have. Keep up the great content! I'm with you no matter what...

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

Three videos ago, I told a minor league story, and it didn't really make any waves, which is to be expected. The way I see it, I never abandoned that idea, and by covering MLB topics that aren't mainstream, it still appeals to my original audience, the handful of them. I just choose subject matter that speaks to me, because I know I'm signing up for 24-30 hours of work with little reward with every video.

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

I appreciate you saying you'll hang in there, as well.

@aarond23 7 ай бұрын

I'm kind of disappointed I only got to see Blyleven at the very very end with the Twins when was a bit of a curiosity for longevity. Would have liked to see him in his prime.

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

Hey, it's better than never seeing him play!

@TapirBaseball 7 ай бұрын

Another great video, I remember trying to use him as a twins cy young winner in Immaculate Grid and failing haha.

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

I'm sure you're not the only one that's happened to, buddy! 😂

@stevendeckert6373 7 ай бұрын

Johan, Jim Perry and Frank Viola are your options.

@brileyvandyke5792 7 ай бұрын

The Flying Dutchman

@peteraleksandrovich5923 7 ай бұрын

The Dutch call the game "honkbal", apparently...

@nathanwoodside2309 7 ай бұрын

Putting a hard tag on a baby in a stroller is definitely a huge omission from the Tom Emanski tape.

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

I have thousands of questions about that whole scenario. I believe that originates from the 1973 team film.

@peteraleksandrovich5923 7 ай бұрын

Why the footage of SF 101 freeway?

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

What happens when someone who's never been to California assumes a highway is in Orange County. 😅 My state didn't have highways in the 60's.

@gregb4395 7 ай бұрын

The Dutch-- stubborn? Nooooo. LOL. And yes, I'm Dutch.

@Hatbilly 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for backing that up! I'm Irish, but I've always heard of "dutch stubbornness", and Blyleven brought it up a lot in interviews.

@gregb4395 7 ай бұрын

@@Hatbilly I think most would place the Irish and Germans in the Top 5. Easy. However, I think the "stubborn Dutchman" stereotype is a very well-documented, accurate, and oddly...embraced label. Your video was suggested by the algorithm after finishing the NBA Hall of Fame speech given by another Dutchman from that era, Jack Sikma. Listen at 8:30. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iq6Rg7aixsvXlX0.htmlsi=KgpfhHrBVAV2gh28