NEW YORK -- In the days leading up to his election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this week, Bert Blyleven placed phone calls and traded e-mails with a man he never met in person, a ...

During the course of baseball history, from the very beginning in 1876 until now, only 29 major league pitchers have forged their way to what I call an epic career—one that has included 4500 or more ...

When Bert Blyleven first appeared on the baseball Hall of Fame ballot in 1998, he received 17.5 percent of the vote. Seventy-five percent is needed for induction. A year later, his total dipped to ...

Here is a timeline of Bert Blyleven's baseball career. Hyperlinks with many of the dates will take you to material from sources including Star Tribune and other archives, and statistics from ...

The percentage of Baseball Hall of Fame votes increased for Jack Morris, but not enough. He went from receiving 53.5 percent of the vote in 2011 to 66.7 percent this year, leaving him short of the ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — It would not, could not, go smoothly, not after 14 years of tooth-gritting and epithet-swallowing and slow-burning. Todd Blyleven, a baseball lifer like his dad, was ready ...

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I guess you could say that I hopped on the Bert Blyleven Hall of Fame bandwagon earlier than most. Back in 1990, my older brother and I started what became a rather sizable baseball card collection ...

"I feel like the baseball experts in the last couple of years are starting to come around and look at more than just wins and losses when they judge a pitcher,'' Blyleven says. "There's a lot more to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven became Hall of Famers on Wednesday, the two-time World Series champions easily elected after narrow misses last year. Sluggers Rafael Palmeiro, Mark ...

Starting in December and ending on Opening Day, Joe Posnanski will count down the 100 greatest baseball players by publishing an essay on a player every day for 100 days. In all, this project will ...