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should be in... He came to my small town in Tracy Mn to sign some autographs as a rookie. A year, later I saw him get shelled at All Star Game KC 1973...I feel old.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game
The National League wasted no time coming back, taking advantage of new pitcher, Bert Blyleven, in the top of the third inning. Darrell Evans, pinch hitting for Rick Wise, walked, and was forced out at second base when Pete Rose hit into a fielder's choice. Joe Morgan walked. César Cedeño's single scored Rose, and sent Morgan to third base. Hank Aaron singled to Murcer who threw out Cedeño at third, but not before Morgan had scored to give the NL a 2-1 lead.<sup id="cite_ref-Play_by_Play_5-1" class="reference">[6]</sup>
The National League roster included 8 future Hall of Fame players
The American League roster included 7 future Hall of Fame players
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should be in... He came to my small town in Tracy Mn to sign some autographs as a rookie. A year, later I saw him get shelled at All Star Game KC 1973...I feel old.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game
The National League wasted no time coming back, taking advantage of new pitcher, Bert Blyleven, in the top of the third inning. Darrell Evans, pinch hitting for Rick Wise, walked, and was forced out at second base when Pete Rose hit into a fielder's choice. Joe Morgan walked. César Cedeño's single scored Rose, and sent Morgan to third base. Hank Aaron singled to Murcer who threw out Cedeño at third, but not before Morgan had scored to give the NL a 2-1 lead.<sup id="cite_ref-Play_by_Play_5-1" class="reference">[6]</sup>
The National League roster included 8 future Hall of Fame players
The American League roster included 7 future Hall of Fame players
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Blyleven 5 votes short
The vote: 405 votes needed for election
Andre Dawson 420 (77.9%), Bert Blyleven 400 (74.2%), Roberto Alomar 397 (73.7%), Jack Morris 282 (52.3%), Barry Larkin 278 (51.6%), Lee Smith 255 (47.3%), Edgar Martinez 195 (36.2%), Tim Raines 164 (30.4%), Mark McGwire 128 (23.7%), Alan Trammell 121 (22.4%), Fred McGriff 116 (21.5%), Don Mattingly 87 (16.1%), Dave Parker 82 (15.2%), Dale Murphy 63 (11.7%), Harold Baines 33 (6.1%), Andres Galarraga 22 (4.1%), Robin Ventura 7 (1.3%), Ellis Burks 2 (0.4%), Eric Karros 2 (0.4%), Kevin Appier 1 (0.2%), Pat Hentgen 1 (0.2%), David Segui 1 (0.2%), Mike Jackson 0, Ray Lankford 0, Shane Reynolds 0, Todd Zeile 0
The vote: 405 votes needed for election
Andre Dawson 420 (77.9%), Bert Blyleven 400 (74.2%), Roberto Alomar 397 (73.7%), Jack Morris 282 (52.3%), Barry Larkin 278 (51.6%), Lee Smith 255 (47.3%), Edgar Martinez 195 (36.2%), Tim Raines 164 (30.4%), Mark McGwire 128 (23.7%), Alan Trammell 121 (22.4%), Fred McGriff 116 (21.5%), Don Mattingly 87 (16.1%), Dave Parker 82 (15.2%), Dale Murphy 63 (11.7%), Harold Baines 33 (6.1%), Andres Galarraga 22 (4.1%), Robin Ventura 7 (1.3%), Ellis Burks 2 (0.4%), Eric Karros 2 (0.4%), Kevin Appier 1 (0.2%), Pat Hentgen 1 (0.2%), David Segui 1 (0.2%), Mike Jackson 0, Ray Lankford 0, Shane Reynolds 0, Todd Zeile 0
CONGRATS ON FINALLY MAKING THE HALL BERT!!!
http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_17020262?nclick_check=1
'About time,' peers say of Bert Blyleven's election to HallBlyleven saluted as a fierce competitor with charisma and a 'hellacious curveball'By Brian Murphy
brianmurphy@pioneerpress.com
TwinCities.com-Pioneer PressUpdated:01/05/2011 09:54:21 PM CST
Celebrating Bert Blyleven's election to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday, former Twins executive Clark Griffith recalled the first time he saw the pitcher from a distance, unsure whom or what he was witnessing.
It was early summer 1969, and Blyleven, barely out of high school, was warming up in the bullpen before his first professional start for the Twins' rookie league team in Florida's Gulf Coast League.
"I'm standing down the foul line watching him warm up, and this kid had the most hellacious curveball I'd ever seen," Griffith said. "I looked at some of the people I was standing with and said, 'My, God, I hope he's ours.' "
He still is.
The team's jovial television analyst joins Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew and Kirby Puckett as the fourth player who was primarily a Twin elected to the Hall of Fame. Blyleven, who spent 14 years on the ballot, will be enshrined July 24 in Cooperstown, N.Y.
"I could not be happier if it was my own son," Killebrew said in a statement. "I wish it wouldn't have taken so long, but now that he is in, it's wonderful."
Blyleven broke in with the Twins as a 19-year-old in 1970, pitching for Minnesota in half of his 22 seasons, including the last of his two World Series titles in 1987.
His career record of 287-250 includes 141 complete games with the Twins, 29 shutouts and 2,035 strikeouts — all team records.
"Bert's election serves as a wonderful opportunity for all of baseball to salute one of the game's great characters and true ambassadors," Twins President Dave St. Peter said in a statement. "I speak for millions of fans across the Upper Midwest in stating we intend to make Cooperstown Twins Territory during HOF induction weekend."
Blyleven was defined by his looping curveball and a durability that allowed him to throw 242 complete games in his career. His playfulness and wicked sense of humor made him a popular teammate on the five clubs for which he played.
It also belied a cutthroat attitude on the mound and in the dugout.
"His personality, his competitiveness and his charisma for the game — I think the combination of those things rubbed off and made a lot of people better," former Twins manager Tom Kelly said.
Added Carew in a statement: "Bert was as fierce a competitor as I ever faced on the mound."
Blyleven averaged 16 victories with the Twins from 1970-75. He also lost an average of 14 games during that span. "I remember him losing a lot of close games just because we didn't score," Griffith said. "When you get a guy who wins 287 games, and 60 of them are by shutout, that's impressive, but it also indicates we didn't get him all the runs he needed. "This is one of those times an old baseball guy like me can say, the Hall of Fame got it right."
http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_17020262?nclick_check=1
'About time,' peers say of Bert Blyleven's election to HallBlyleven saluted as a fierce competitor with charisma and a 'hellacious curveball'By Brian Murphy
brianmurphy@pioneerpress.com
TwinCities.com-Pioneer PressUpdated:01/05/2011 09:54:21 PM CST
Celebrating Bert Blyleven's election to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday, former Twins executive Clark Griffith recalled the first time he saw the pitcher from a distance, unsure whom or what he was witnessing.
It was early summer 1969, and Blyleven, barely out of high school, was warming up in the bullpen before his first professional start for the Twins' rookie league team in Florida's Gulf Coast League.
"I'm standing down the foul line watching him warm up, and this kid had the most hellacious curveball I'd ever seen," Griffith said. "I looked at some of the people I was standing with and said, 'My, God, I hope he's ours.' "
He still is.
The team's jovial television analyst joins Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew and Kirby Puckett as the fourth player who was primarily a Twin elected to the Hall of Fame. Blyleven, who spent 14 years on the ballot, will be enshrined July 24 in Cooperstown, N.Y.
"I could not be happier if it was my own son," Killebrew said in a statement. "I wish it wouldn't have taken so long, but now that he is in, it's wonderful."
Blyleven broke in with the Twins as a 19-year-old in 1970, pitching for Minnesota in half of his 22 seasons, including the last of his two World Series titles in 1987.
His career record of 287-250 includes 141 complete games with the Twins, 29 shutouts and 2,035 strikeouts — all team records.
"Bert's election serves as a wonderful opportunity for all of baseball to salute one of the game's great characters and true ambassadors," Twins President Dave St. Peter said in a statement. "I speak for millions of fans across the Upper Midwest in stating we intend to make Cooperstown Twins Territory during HOF induction weekend."
Blyleven was defined by his looping curveball and a durability that allowed him to throw 242 complete games in his career. His playfulness and wicked sense of humor made him a popular teammate on the five clubs for which he played.
It also belied a cutthroat attitude on the mound and in the dugout.
"His personality, his competitiveness and his charisma for the game — I think the combination of those things rubbed off and made a lot of people better," former Twins manager Tom Kelly said.
Added Carew in a statement: "Bert was as fierce a competitor as I ever faced on the mound."
Blyleven averaged 16 victories with the Twins from 1970-75. He also lost an average of 14 games during that span. "I remember him losing a lot of close games just because we didn't score," Griffith said. "When you get a guy who wins 287 games, and 60 of them are by shutout, that's impressive, but it also indicates we didn't get him all the runs he needed. "This is one of those times an old baseball guy like me can say, the Hall of Fame got it right."
