. Agreed. As a 9th grader I watched Blyleven's first game on TV. Lee Maye hit the first pitch (?) Blyleven threw for a HR. He settled down and pitched 7 innings, gave up 5 hits, no more runs, walked 1, and struck out 7. Ron Perranoski came in and pitched a two inning save (that was a time when it was a very routine thing for a professional relief pitcher to do).