BERT BYLEVEN BASEBALL BIRTHDAY QUOTE OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 6TH

Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven, born on April 6th, 1951. Greatest baseball player in history that was born in the Netherlands.

He pitched from 1970--1992, starting with the Twins, but pitching also for four other major league teams. He won 287 career games, had a career 3.31 ERA and struck out over 3700 hitters. He is still to this day regarded as having one of the most deceptive curveballs in baseball history. He was voted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.

The great Hank Aaron gave high praise to Bert Blyleven,

"I hit against him and if there was finer pitcher than he was than I don't know who it was."
--Hank Aaron, talking about Bert Blyleven