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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

I really like Kansas City Royals stadium – Kauffman Stadium.
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Cities Country Royal Stadium
I’m from Southern California, so I feel much more comfortable with a golf club in my hand than I do a weapon.
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Comfortable Country Golf Hands Weapon
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.
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Know Preserve Reward Strongest
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.
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Across Body Fooled Right Stepped Way
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.
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Admit Around Curtball Dugout Laughing Looked Mound Players
The problem with being Comeback Player of the Year is it means you have to go somewhere before you can come back.
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Comeback Mean Player Somewhere Years
The best thing about the New Year is your 4.90 ERA disappears and starts back at zero.
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Disappear New Year Years Zero
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.
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Change Fame Gas Noses
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.
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Chair Know Mound Pitcher Stadium Tendency Way
I know I’ve got a lock on the Dutch Hall of Fame.
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Dutch Fame Lock Locks
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.
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Around Gone Guy League Leagues Longer Pitching Rid
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.
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Gone Hurt Kids Minnesota Pitching Years
It enrages me to see only certain players singled out for the Hall of Fame because they were born with a God-given specialty.
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Baseball Hall Kids Perseverance Players
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.
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Baseball Experience Freaks Larger Nature

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.

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