Friday, December 28, 2007

Is this Bert Blyleven’s year?

It seems every baseball fan holds their breath in anticipation this time of year…in anticipation for the Cooperstown nod that is. This Minnesota Twins fan joins Bert Blyleven in the old familiar wait and see mode. It is Bert’s 11th year on the Hall of Fame ballot and as MLB.com puts it: There are many people who have wondered why Blyleven has yet to receive enshrinement in Cooperstown. In a career that spanned from 1970-92 with the Twins, Rangers, Pirates, Indians and Angels, he's in the top end of almost every all-time pitching category. That includes 287 wins, which is 25th on the all-time list. Blyleven is fifth in career strikeouts with 3,701. He is ninth in games started with 685. His 60 shutouts are also ninth all-time. I guess we will just wait and see...

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