Angels reliever Cam Bedrosian was born into the Twins' family

Cam Bedrosian was part of the Twins' postseason run to a World Series title in 1991. He has to take the word of his parents, Steve and Tammy, on that.

"My mother went back to Atlanta to have the baby, and I was born on October 2nd," Bedrosian said. "Then, a few days later, Mom came back to Minnesota with me. My dad talks about me being passed around the clubhouse during the World Series."

There were three boys in the Bedrosian family when Cam came along. He also has a younger sister.

Steve Bedrosian earned the nickname "Bedrock" during his 14-year career in the big leagues. He gained the rare recognition of being a relief pitcher to win a Cy Young Award with the 1987 Phillies. He had 40 saves with an ERA of 2.83 in 89 innings.

"It's very obvious that he liked that nickname," Cam said. "He said that he wanted to use it with one of his sons' names. I was the last one, and he talked my mother into it."

That's how the youngest Bedrosian boy ended up with the name Campsin Rock. As for Campsin, I hadn't yet seen that was his first name before interviewing Bedrosian, so that's a mystery.

Bedrosian was one of the Twins' veteran pickups during the winter of 1990-91, along with Jack Morris, Chili Davis and Mike Pagliarulo. They had allowed Gary Gaetti to leave as a free agent, and yet were looking to make a comeback from the 74-88 failure of 1990.

"My dad basically was my coach all the way through youth baseball," Cam said. "He's still my coach, to a degree. I talk to him every day."

Cam went to high school in Sharpsburg, Ga. He was an outstanding pitcher and had accepted a scholarship to LSU. He was selected in the first round — No. 29 overall — and was given a $1.15 million bonus to forgo college.

"I pitched a couple of innings after I signed and came down with a sore elbow," Cam said. "I tried to rehab over the winter, and that didn't work. I had Tommy John surgery and missed the 2011 season."

Yes, pitchers come back from Tommy John, but it also takes care of any thoughts that you're on the fast track to the big leagues.

"That was tough to handle,'' Cam said. "Luckily, I had my dad to talk to through the whole thing."

He split the 2015 season between the Angels and Class AAA Salt Lake. "He was really coming into his own last season,'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "We were excited to have him in our bullpen. Then he had a setback."

The setback was a blood clot in the front of his right shoulder. Surgery?

Bedrosian nodded his head and showed off an impressive scar. He's had a couple more injuries this season. He has been back since June 17. He pitched in his eighth game in that time, pitching a perfect eighth in the Angels' 2-1 victory over the Twins on Wednesday night at Target Field.

Asked about getting the eighth-inning duty in a tight game, Bedrosian said: "Starting in spring training, the relievers were told that we could be used any time in a game. Be ready. That's what I try to do."

An Angels beat writer asked Scioscia about the way he used his relievers — David Hernandez and then Bedrosian before closer Bud Norris (12 saves).

What does he see from Bedrosian? "He's always had a good fastball, and his breaking ball is good, too," the manager said. "We hope that we continue to have him available."

A 1-2-3 eighth inning in a one-run ballgame. That's a nice memory of Minnesota for Cam Bedrosian, although not quite up to his father's time of passing him around as a new baby in a World Series clubhouse.