The Story Behind the Card - Steve Blass
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I came across this video on Youtube and thought it was a cool idea. I was listening to the Pirates game with Steve Blass announcing and wanted to see if there were any videos of him pitching in 1973 when he lost his control. I didn't find any but this had a cool walk through his career with each of his baseball cards.
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Today is Steve Blass day in Pittsburgh.
Collector of Pittsburgh Pirates cards for a slightly less stupid reason.
My Pirates Collection
I remember the 1971 N.L. Playoffs as I was a Giants fan. It was the last year of the great players for SF as Mays,McCovey,Perry,Marichal,Bonds,Henderson,Speier,Fuentes and Dietz would all be gone within a couple years. San Francisco pummeled Blass in his two appearances as they won game one (with McCovey and Fuentes homering) and knocked him out in game 4 after only 2 innings with 2 more homers (Speier and McCovey). But two hitters from Pittsburgh names Robertson and Al Oliver (a future Giant!) homered the Pirates to the World Series. BAH. I also remember a very young Bruce Kison shutting down the Giants and going to throw over 20 consecutive scoreless innings of postseason pitching!
I was a bit too young to recall that season but I have seen the videos of the World Series. I checked Youtube and I don't see any videos of the NLCS games. Too bad.