Anthony Servideo was too young to get to know his World Series-winning grandfather when Curt Blefary died in 2001, but that didn’t keep the young baseball player from routinely asking his mom, uncle and grandmother about him.
So when the Orioles drafted Servideo in the third round of last week’s MLB draft, he knew all about how Blefary was an Oriole when he earned 1965 American League Rookie of the Year honors and helped Baltimore win its first World Series a year later.
“We have a lot of pictures of him and memorabilia, and growing up, he's been my idol,” Servideo said during a video conference call Monday.