King of the Hill- Bert Blyleven:Clown, color man, and best eligible pitcher not in the Hall of Fame

City Pages ^ | 4-6-2005 | Britt Robson

[Rakkasan1]

To fully appreciate how much Bert Blyleven cherishes his place in the history of the game of baseball, you have to see the balls. There are about 330 of them, regulation horsehide, individually mounted on little stands and arrayed in tiered rows in a huge glass display case along the wall behind the television and the trophies.

[Rakkasan1]

"As late as 1985, at the age of 34, he pitched 293 innings, a total that hasn't been matched since then, and won't be in the future. Nowadays, even below-average starters capable of "eating" 200 innings in a season win accolades for keeping the team's bullpen fresh."

IOW- not a girly man.

[Charles Henrickson]

Here are the photos that go with the article:

[Rakkasan1]

thanks. looks like Bert could work for the 9th Circus Court

[martin_fierro]

He used to pitch for Pittsburgh too, didn't he?

[StrictTime]

I am a Twins fan by marriage, and have come to love that team, bless their hearts. LOVED Blyleven!

But I can't believe this article didn't mention Chris Berman's awesome nickname for the guy: Bert "Be home" Blyleven.

Now I'll go to sleep and dream of the Twins 1987 and 1991 seasons... ( :