Steve Blass
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I bought another kind of beer and then
He left and he just walked away and he just kind of he kind of hid when he was in there.
I couldn't find him, and so they had to ask for him over the PA system.
They announced, you know, Ron Cook, you know, just report up to the front.
He was kind of like hiding.
I couldn't find him.
And so they had to ask for him over the PA system.
They announced, you know, Ron Cook, you know, just report up to the front.
He was kind of like hiding.
I got the call.
It was like a gut punch.
I mean, Dave Jussie, my friend and neighbor and roommate, goes to Elroy Face, a teammate, and now Maz.
It's just tough.
But Bill Mazeroski personified everything that I believed in in terms of being a major leaguer.
He was β well, let me start this way.
Maybe the most decent and genuine person I've ever run across β forget about baseball β of anybody I've ever run across β
And I had the pleasure to be in his company for 10 years.
And, you know, he became my friend, my teammate, and he remains my hero.
I learned so much from him.
And, you know, the abilities that he had, the way he played the game is a whole separate context from the person he was because the person he was never changed, even though that home run that you just played was