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DL: When Jack Morris' Hall of Fame worthiness is debated, a common theme is that Morris "pitched to the score." Do you believe there is such a thing as pitching to the score?

BB: No, I don't. I went out there and wanted to pitch a shutout every time, so my score was zero. That was my cup of tea. If I gave up a run... I remember Sandy Koufax saying one time that he thought no-hitter every time he walked out there. If he gave up a hit, then he thought shutout. If he gave up a run, then he thought win. Being a Koufax admirer growing up, that's kind of what my attitude was, to go out there and put zeros on the board and hopefully your team can score you some runs and you win. If you give up a home run, or if you give up one run in the first, if you're going to lose, lose 1-0. That's the way you should approach it.

Bert Blyleven to Baseball Prospectus

Great interview, and Blyleven comes off as a bright guy. Unfortunately, subscription only.

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excellent, thanks

St. Louis Cardinals... defying win expectancy since 2008

by vivaelpujols on May 10, 2009 8:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Side note

Using baseball databank and my Colin Wyers’ BSR-FIP, as well as adjusted replacement levels for era and league, I get about 91 career WAR for Bert. Rallly has him at 90.

His best season on my accouting is 1973, with 10.4 WAR, while Rally also has that as his peak (at 9.2).

Nice to see to different method dovetailing. Well, I mean my method cribbed from other people vs. Rally’s original one.

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on May 11, 2009 11:40 AM EDT reply actions  

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