For the 12th straight year, former Minnesota Twins starter Bert Blyleven was snubbed by baseball’s Hall of Fame.
He had 287 wins as a big leaguer and should be in the Hall, but once again, he was turned away from the shrine. This time by a mere 67 votes (he got 338 total) and needed 405 to reach the necessary 75 per cent of ballots.
Normally, Blyleven, who is now a Twins broadcaster, handles his disappointment with quiet resignation. This year, however, it was obvious he’d had enough.
“It’s not right,” Blyleven told ESPN. “I considered myself a great competitor, and all of a sudden, you are dictated into the Hall of Fame by writers that never played the game. I always had trouble with that.”
Blyleven told ESPN that being inducted into the Hall of Fame would be one of the highlights of his life and added: “The writers need to do their homework a little better. They need to ask other players who competed against that individual. … I’m happy for Jim Rice, I’m happy for Rickey Henderson, but there are some guys who get snubbed, and it’s not right.”
There are baseball writers I know personally who not only know nothing at all about the game, but can’t even throw a baseball. They have NO right being in charge of the Hall of Fame destinies of some of the game’s greatest players.
Stop the insanity. Get the idiot sportswriters the hell away from the Hall.
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