Steve Blass
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Well, first of all, I should be interviewing you guys.
There's a lot of excitement going on in the street there.
It is something we are really going to watch close to see today.
He could strike out four times today.
I still can't wait to see.
Skeens was huge for me.
I have to go back to 1968 because Nolan Ryan came up
The New York Mets.
He wasn't much older.
He was very young.
And I had to pitch against him.
And I was in the on-deck circle in the third inning watching him warm up.
And I said, I could die tonight.
I could die tonight.
And then I went up to the batter's box.
Jerry Grody was a catch, and I dug in.
I said, Jerry, I don't have any problems, but look at him out there.
He's 20 years old.
His eyes are crossed.
There's stuff coming out of his nose.