Monday, January 01, 2007
Who Will Get in the Baseball HOF this Year?
It's just eight short days till the class of '07 is announced. Who should get in? Who will get in? Most years the answers to those two questions are different. There are two that will certainly get in. There's no doubt Cal Ripken & Tony Gwynn will garner enough votes. After that there's one more that should get in. Who is it you ask? It's Bert Blyleven. He should have got in much sooner. He pitched great for many weak teams. He's much better than many pitchers already in the hall. How does one measure a pitcher? There's really only one true measure, ERA. At 3.31 he should certainly get in. His strikeout totals, longevity, shutouts, innings pitched & especially his performance in the post season classify him as a cut above. If he played for the Yankees or Dodgers he would have easily had 325 - 335 wins. Statistically he's pretty close to Don Sutton, Phil Neikro, Robin Roberts, Jim Bunning, Steve Carlton & Fergie Jenkins.
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