Orlando Twins Players - Lyman Bostock, Bert Blyleven, Charlie Manuel, Rod Carew, Frank Viola, Sam Perlozzo, Balvino Galvez, Rob Gardner (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Lyman Bostock, Bert Blyleven, Charlie Manuel, Rod Carew, Frank Viola, Sam Perlozzo, Balvino Galvez, Rob Gardner, Paul Abbott, Tim Laudner, Gary Ward, Eric Soderholm, Scott Ullger, Steve Brye, Pat Kelly, Steve Luebber, John Castino, Paul Sorrento, Willie Banks, Dick Woodson, Paul Ratliff, Gene Larkin, Randy Bush, Darrell Jackson, Fred Scherman, Mark Portugal, Bernardo Brito, Scott Leius, Les Straker, Dave Goltz, Larry Wolfe, Mike Kinnunen, Rick Sofield, Terry Jorgensen, Tom Johnson, Paul Jata, Rick Renick, Rich Yett, Hank Izquierdo, Ramon Romero, Joe Klink, Tom Hall, John Donaldson, Jerry Crider, Mark Souza, Mark Davidson, Bryan Oelkers, Mark Funderburk, Jeff Little, Pete Hamm, Dave Edwards, Mike Sadek, Jim Hughes, Lenny Webster, Jesus Vega, Lenny Faedo, Gorman Heimueller, Jeff Holly, Steve Liddle, Willie Norwood, Derek Parks, Ray Corbin, Rob Wilfong. Excerpt: Bert Blyleven (born Rik Aalbert Blijleven, April 6, 1951 in Zeist, Netherlands) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1970 to 1992, and was best known for his outstanding curveball. Blyleven was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011. Blyleven was born in the Netherlands but raised in Garden Grove, California. His father moved the family to Canada when he was 2, and then Southern California, when he was 5. 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. He 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 ...