Comments on: Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven elected to the Hall of Fame http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:46:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ralphwilsonsucks http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102475 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:06:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102475 Bert no way hall of fame! Good player that’s all

]]> By: abilder1 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102451 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:14:20 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102451 The Baseball Hall of Fame will remain a sham until Shoeless Joe Jackson is elected and inducted. It’s my understanding the this could be accomplished by stroke of a pen on the part of Weasel Selig. Look at Jackson’s record in the 1919 World Series and tell me he was involved in the gambling., And while you’re at it,, compare Jackson’s career with that of Phil Rizzouto.

]]> By: Lucas http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102422 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:46:51 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102422 With Alomar’s overwhelming 90% of the vote, doesn’t that make Lou Whitaker falling off the ballot after a single year even that much more of a shame? Look on b-r.com and 4 of Lou’s top 5 similar hitters are Sandberg, Trammell, Morgan and Alomar (3 HOF’ers and another that seems to be criminally unsupported by the BBWAA). He had a ROY award, a WS Championship, a Top-10 MVP finish and several ASG appearances (before deciding that he didn’t care to go if he got put in), and 3 consecutive seasons with Silver Sluggers and Gold Gloves. He had 2300+ hits, 240+ HR’s, and over 1000 RBI’s as a 2nd Baseman. How was this guy *that* overlooked by voters that he couldn’t even garner 5% of the vote?

]]> By: Lucas http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102421 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:45:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102421 With Alomar’s overwhelming 90% of the vote, doesn’t that make Lou Whitaker falling off the ballot after a single year even that much more of a shame? Look on b-r.com and Lous’s top 4 similar hitters are Sandberg, Trammell, Morgan and Alomar. He had a ROY award, a WS Championship, a Top-10 MVP finish and several ASG appearances (before deciding that he didn’t care to go if he got put in), and 3 consecutive seasons with Silver Sluggers and Gold Gloves. He had 2300+ hits, 240+ HR’s, and over 1000 RBI’s as a 2nd Baseman. How was this guy *that* overlooked by voters that he couldn’t even garner 5% of the vote?

]]> By: vikesfansteve http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102414 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:14:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102414 With all the dissing of the roid era players, why wouldn’t Morris have a higher % when he pitched against dudes juiced up. The roids were rampant in the late 80′s too. Morris was clean so that should make his #’s more pliable.
Craig do you get a vote?

]]> By: bc666 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102403 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:17:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102403 Dear god it’s about time for Blyleven. The guy has waited way way way too long to get that call. 60 shutouts, 242 complete games………242 COMPLETE GAMES!!!!!!! Holy cow, today’s pitchers can’t even spell complete game. He’s 5th on the all-time strikeouts list with 3701. At the time of his retirement he was 3rd all-time. 5-1 with a 2.47 ERA in the postseason. 2 world series rings. He had one nasty curve ball and to top it all off…….he’s one of the nicest guys I’ve ever heard about in baseball.

Congrats to the Dutchman!!!!!!

]]> By: swaz22 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102399 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:42:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102399 I can’t believe Alomar made it in. How come it is not mentioned that he went around having unprotected sex knowing that he was HIV positive. I think that is worse than using steroids.

]]> By: diamondduq http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102369 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:30:08 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102369 Let me get this straight, admittedly Blyleven was “never truly great” but somehow deserves to be in the HOF? That’s shameful!

]]> By: florida727 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102318 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:59:48 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102318 Surprising… not a single mention in the article or the comments about Blyleven’s curve ball. Arguably the greatest in the game’s history. Probably contributed to his statistical achievements more than any single aspect of his pitching.

]]> By: Craig Calcaterra http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102278 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:59:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102278 Because I used a pic of him in a Twins uniform 50 straight times and people started complaining about it.

]]> By: larsona2 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102275 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:57:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102275 Why would you put a photo of Bert in an Angels uniform, when he even said today that he would like to go in the HOF as a Minnesota Twin?

]]> By: kaientai72 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102264 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:49:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102264 Congratulations to both Alomar and Blyleven. Both had top ten rankings on the http://www.notinhalloffame.com baseball list and both have earned it. Now what of Tim Raines!

]]> By: psousa1 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102244 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:13:58 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102244 Larkin should definitely be in already. Because the man did not go out of his way to draw attention to himself and let his play do the talking he was not regarded as one of the best of his era. He was.

]]> By: psousa1 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102241 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:11:23 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102241 But don’t you know? BBWA are the guardian’s of all things good. Their is no higher power. They are the amongst the smartest people to walk the earth. Just ask any one of them.

]]> By: Utley's Hair http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102237 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:06:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102237 Get back in line, minion!!!! Lord Calcaterra of Minionsota will have nothing of your insubordination.

]]> By: Utley's Hair http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102233 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:03:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102233 If a ballot is there with nothing on it, it says something. If a ballot isn’t there at all, it could just be forgotten.

]]> By: BC http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102231 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:00:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102231 You HAD to put a Mets reference in there with Alomar, huh?

]]> By: Panda Claus http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102222 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:50:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102222 Why even send the ballot in if it’s blank? Doesn’t not voting and saying so make the same point.

]]> By: Travis Reitsma http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102217 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:47:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102217 So…if the ridiculous reasoning of keeping people out of the Hall of Fame based on suspected PED use with absolutely no evidence kept Bagwell out, why didn’t it keep Alomar out? Isn’t it just as reasonable that he (or anyone who played from 1988-2006) could have used PEDs too?

Bagwell should be in there too. And likely McGwire and Palmeiro too, but at least with them I can see the reasoning behind not voting them in.

As a Jays fan, I am thrilled with Alomar’s induction. Congrats to the both of them and may the other deserving candidates one day get in too.

]]> By: davidw7 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102199 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:33:31 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102199 Very very happy about these inductees. I am a HUGE supporter of Blyleven’s and am glad he has finally made it rightfully into Cooperstown. Can’t wait to listen to his induction speech. Great man and Great numbers. Also good to see Alomar going in. Quite a jump in % for only a year, but he is worthy of his place and his tandem with Vizquel in Cleveland was brilliant to watch…even as a Twins fan lol

I hope the writers who were ‘against’ Bert’s induction will not sour this moment for him by ridiculing it. They have made it seem like Kevin Jarvis was being whilled on by the Internet to get in when that is absolutely not true because Bert had the numbers to back it.

*No offense to Kevin Jarvis fans meant :) *

]]> By: lampdwellr http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102191 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:23:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102191 2 of the 3 candidates elected in 2009 and 2010 did not improve the standards of the Hall of Fame. Alomar and Blyleven are both clearly deserving, if not immediately obvious Hall of Famers…so here’s to 3 out of the last 5! Now if they could only elect the other 7 deserving guys on the damn ballot.

]]> By: Utley's Hair http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102189 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:20:20 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102189 Congratulations to both of them.

Note that Tino and BJ failed to garner enough to remain for next year. What say you, Barry Stanton?

]]> By: IdahoMariner http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102187 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:15:00 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102187 yessssssssss!

]]> By: jkcalhoun http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102185 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:14:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102185 Whoops, reply fail. This was intended as a response to ngearhart1981 just below.

]]> By: jkcalhoun http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102184 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:13:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102184 Expectoration is punishable by first-ballot exclusion. It’s right there in Rule 33 1/3 on the BBWAA site.

Oh wait, that’s the hacked version.

]]> By: stevejeltzjehricurl http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102182 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:13:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102182 Congrats to two of the best players I ever watched. Both deserving Hall of Famers, and it’s cool that Gillick will be going in with Robbie, since he was the GM when Robbie played in Toronto and Baltimore.

Better yet, Larkin’s vote total is now high enough that it’s reasonable to conclude he’ll make it someday soon.

]]> By: Kevin S. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102181 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:12:47 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102181 Because people wanted to punish him for the spitting incident.

]]> By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102180 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:11:31 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102180 Woo hoo! Fun baseball news!

]]> By: ngearhart1981 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102178 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:10:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102178 Congrats.
How does Alomar go from 74.5% to 90% in his first two years, unless shenanigans are involved. Everyone is talking about steroid candidates, but now I want to know what made so many change their minds about Alomar.

]]> By: JM Lattanzi http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-bert-blyleven-elected-to-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-102176 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:08:57 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33902#comment-102176 Wow, Alomar got 90% of the vote. I am surprised he got that much. Congrats to Blyleven, it’s been a long, long road.

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