Deadspin: Bert Blyleven

Baseball's Hall Of Fame Voters Are Irrational, But Not For The Reasons You Think

David Roher — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:00:58 EST

Last year, Bert Blyleven, the former Twins right-hander whose Hall of Fame candidacy was long a cause among the stathead community, got into Cooperstown on his 14th ballot. But was it really a triumph of rational thinking or merely the product of a different kind of irrationality? We revisit what we wrote then and test our hypothesis against the growing repository of public HOF ballots. Originally published Jan. 6, 2011. More »

Circle Me, Innuendo

Dom Cosentino — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:03:31 EDT

Your morning roundup for July 20, the day we failed trying to tell Twins play-by-play man Dick Bremer we went to Staples High, too. H/T to Tim for the photo. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

Bert Blyleven Got In Because Voters Are Irrational, And Other Hall Of Fame Revelations

David Roher | HSAC — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:50:43 EST

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This is Regressing, a new, numbers-minded column by our clever friends at the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective. Today: how a weird tic of Hall of Fame voters helped put Bert Blyleven in Cooperstown. More »

Gnashing Of Teeth, Rending Of Garments Come To An End With HOF Announcement

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:25:00 EST

Bert Blyleven, Roberto Alomar, and no convicted or suspected steroid users were elected to the Hall of Fame. Cranky sportswriters can return to their caves. [BBWAA] More »

Rod Carew Is Last Aboard The Blyleven Bandwagon

Barry Petchesky — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:15:00 EDT

Carew says he'll boycott the Hall of Fame if Blyleven isn't elected. It would have been a grand gesture had he offered anytime in the past ten years, and not prior to the election everyone assumes will put Bert in. [Pioneer Press] More »

"I Really Have Nothing To Say": 13 Years Of Sad Bert Blyleven Reactions

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:45:56 EST

Every year, poor Bert Blyleven falls short of Cooperstown, and every year, he's asked how it feels. Looking back on 13 years of his glum responses is almost heartbreaking, like watching a frown in slow motion. More »

Yeah, Bert Blyleven Ate Those Worms

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:45:53 EDT

Gee, I wonder why this guy isn't in the Hall Of Fame yet? (It was all for charity, folks.) And where is angry press release from PETA? [Sportress of Blogitude] More »

Bert Blyleven In "How To Eat Fried Worms"

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:15:49 EDT

MEDIA ALERT: Bert Blyleven will eat a live nightcrawler in front of Metrodome fans before the Twins-Mariners game on Saturday. Plan your weekend accordingly. [Two Big Boobs] More »

Bert Blyleven Loves To Fart

Rick Chandler — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:00:16 EDT

OK, now I get it. I've always wondered why Bert Blyleven wasn't in the Hall of Fame, and now it's clear: Post-game flatulence. He's just simply farted on too many writers over his long career. It's all here in this rather surreal interview with Big League Stew. More »

Johan Santana Is Mr. August

rickchand — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:15:23 EDT

This will be your one and only Bert Blyleven update for this season, so pay attention. Blyleven, to my knowledge the only Minnesota Twins starting pitcher to have been born in Zeist, Netherlands, struck out 15 Oakland Athletics on Aug. 1, 1986; a Twins record. Or it was, until Johan Santana struck out 17 over eight innings in a 1-0 win over the Rangers on Sunday. More »

Blyleven Isn't Out Solving That Thing; He's F—-ing It Up

Leitch — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:45:25 EDT

You know, it's a sad day when a broadcaster can't let loose a couple of "fucks" on the air without getting suspended for it. More »

Question Seems Perfectly Logical To Us

Leitch — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:45:34 EDT

Former Minnesota Twins Bert Blyleven occassionally takes time out of pleading for Hall of Fame election — justifiably, if you ask us — to broadcast Twins games for Fox Sports. The other evening, he was put in the unfortunate position of having to talk to former "American Idol" contest Ace Young (a.k.a., "The One You'd Love To Curb") in the booth. We can't imagine what we'd possibly have to talk to Ace Young about, but if we had to ask something, we might have asked what Blyleven did. More »