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(Again) Making the case for Bert Blyleven

By john • Dec 31st, 2008 • Category: bert blyleven, hall of fame, major leagues, top story

Yesterday I got a quite informative look at former pitcher Bert Blyleven. As many of you may know Blyleven has been kept out of the Hall of Fame largely due to not winning 300 games. To begin to tell you how silly this notion is let’s first mention a few current names. Mike Mussina, Curt [...]



Road to the Hall: 2009 ballot

By john • Dec 11th, 2008 • Category: bert blyleven, hall of fame, major leagues, mark mcgwire, rickey henderson

The ballot for induction to the hall of fame is up on baseball reference. After looking over the list I’m quite certain Rickey Henderson is going to get in with ease and that may be it.
New to the ballot is Mark McGwire. McGwire wouldn’t answer to congress about steroids instead wanting to talk about where [...]



Road to the Hall, still on the ballot

By john • Dec 13th, 2007 • Category: alan trammell, andre dawson, bert blyleven, dale murphy, dave concepcion, dave parker, don mattingly, hall of fame, harold baines, jack morris, jim rice, lee smith, mark mcgwire, rich gossage, tommy john

With less then a month until voting is complete we continue our ongoing look at the players who make up this years Hall of Fame ballot.
Harold Baines - 22 years, .289/.356/.465, 384 HR, 1628 RBI, 1299 R, 34 SB
Awards: 6 time All-Star, 1 silver slugger
Trademark: pioneer to modern DH
Below average defender becomes key DH ingredient [...]