HE HAS LITTLE HOPE OF EVER GETTING IN:
FROM THE
INDIANS INSIDER
Former Indians pitcher Bert Blyleven thinks he is a Hall of Famer
Sunday, July 29, 2007 Mike Peticca
Plain Dealer Reporter
It's late July, so former Indians pitcher Bert Blyleven can't help but think about his exclusion, so far, from the Hall of Fame.
"The numbers are there," said Blyleven, now in his 12th season as a Twins television commentator. "Is it because I didn't play in a big market? Is it because I won 20 games just one time?
"A lot of the media doesn't understand how tough it is to win a game. You might get 18 wins in a year, when it should have been 24."
Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn will be inducted into the Hall of Fame today in Cooperstown, N.Y. Blyleven, whose unmatchable curveball helped him win 287 games from 1970 to 1992, got 49 percent of the vote from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America last December. A player must get 75 percent of the votes cast to earn baseball's greatest honor. Blyleven will be listed on the writers' ballot for five more years.
Blyleven, a right-hander, is fifth on the all-time strikeout list (3,701) and ninth in shutouts (60). He was 48-37 in 4½ seasons (1981-85), some plagued by injury, with the Indians.
"My complete games [242], innings pitched [4,970], the shutouts and my 15 1-0 wins. . . . It's out of my hands," Blyleven said.
A good work:
The Indians hosted the baseball team from Bluffton University, which is located about 60 miles south of Toledo. On March 2, Bluffton's team bus plunged about 30 feet off an overpass in Atlanta, killing five players, the bus driver and his wife.
Beavers players had lunch with Indians manager Eric Wedge and some Tribe players and coaches. They visited the locker room, watched batting practice from the field and were pictured on the scoreboard during the national anthem.
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FROM THE
INDIANS INSIDER
Former Indians pitcher Bert Blyleven thinks he is a Hall of Famer
Sunday, July 29, 2007 Mike Peticca
Plain Dealer Reporter
It's late July, so former Indians pitcher Bert Blyleven can't help but think about his exclusion, so far, from the Hall of Fame.
"The numbers are there," said Blyleven, now in his 12th season as a Twins television commentator. "Is it because I didn't play in a big market? Is it because I won 20 games just one time?
"A lot of the media doesn't understand how tough it is to win a game. You might get 18 wins in a year, when it should have been 24."
Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn will be inducted into the Hall of Fame today in Cooperstown, N.Y. Blyleven, whose unmatchable curveball helped him win 287 games from 1970 to 1992, got 49 percent of the vote from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America last December. A player must get 75 percent of the votes cast to earn baseball's greatest honor. Blyleven will be listed on the writers' ballot for five more years.
Blyleven, a right-hander, is fifth on the all-time strikeout list (3,701) and ninth in shutouts (60). He was 48-37 in 4½ seasons (1981-85), some plagued by injury, with the Indians.
"My complete games [242], innings pitched [4,970], the shutouts and my 15 1-0 wins. . . . It's out of my hands," Blyleven said.
A good work:
The Indians hosted the baseball team from Bluffton University, which is located about 60 miles south of Toledo. On March 2, Bluffton's team bus plunged about 30 feet off an overpass in Atlanta, killing five players, the bus driver and his wife.
Beavers players had lunch with Indians manager Eric Wedge and some Tribe players and coaches. They visited the locker room, watched batting practice from the field and were pictured on the scoreboard during the national anthem.
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