Will Bert make it

[blue_healer_guy]

I say yes and well deserved!

[Cicada]

Yes, well deserved and way past due.

[team wild]

He better he should have been A first ballot selection!!!!!

[mrklean]

i sure hope so or else hes gonna go postal probably

[greebs]

I think he gets in this time!

[jwmiller33]

Quote:

Hall of Fame Projection has Blyleven and Alomar getting in

Chris Jaffe of the Hardball Times does an annual column projecting the Hall of Fame voting based on previous results and he’s had some remarkably accurate predictions in the past.

After crunching the numbers this time around Jaffe projects that Roberto Alomar will get in easily with around 87 percent of the vote and Bert Blyleven will also be inducted with about 80 percent. Both players were at 74 percent last year, which was Alomar’s first time on the ballot and the 13th try for Blyleven.

Jaffe projects that Jeff Bagwell will receive 35 percent of the vote, which is a depressingly low total for a player who’s clearly above the Hall of Fame standard for first basemen. However, according to Jaffe “only twice has anyone debuted as well as I’m predicting for Bagwell and not subsequently made it into Cooperstown.” He deserves much better than 35 percent on his first ballot appearance, but even that too-low mark bodes well for Bagwell making it eventually.

Check out Jaffe’s article to see projected vote totals for everyone else on the ballot prior to the actual results being announced Wednesday.

[solbes]

Bert has to be a lock this year. His stats speak for themselves and he really deserves to be in the Hall.

[mrklean]

if alomar gets in and bert doesnt that would be a shame

[Harmonica Bear]

He should. Enshrinement for pitchers shouldn't be based solely on wins (300).

Morris should too. Might take a couple more years of debate though.

[lovebigbluegills]

13 tries, and still not in. That's a crying shame.

I sure hope he makes it this time, he deserves it.

[harvey lee]

It's time to give Bert his recognition.

[jwmiller33]

THIS JUST IN...Robert Alomar AND Bert got elected in!

Congrats Bert and Alomar!

[lovebigbluegills]

Congratulations Bert!!!

[harvey lee]

Bert is in. About time

CONGRATS BERT.

[CAMAN]

He made it!!! CONGRATS BERT AND ALOMAR!!!!

[toughguy]

Congrats Bert. Well deserved!

[JBMasterAngler]

He's going in as a Pittsburgh Pirate

[TR21HP]

I don't know where you got your info but all sources I saw quoted Bert going in as a Twin.

[zamboni]

Bert has his own website, there are 6 pics at the top, 5 from playing days and one from broadcast days. All 5 are in Twins uniforms, and the broadcast pic has the Twins emblem behind him at the Dome. He is a Twin thru and thru, and that is one thing I really like about him

[jwmiller33]

there is no question bert will be going into the hall wearing a twins hat. end of story

[Raider4ever]

Now what is Bert going to whine about for thirty minutes every game? That he should go into the Television Hall of Fame for the annoying "Circle me Bert"? Personally, there should be a word between "circle" and "me" but I will leave that up to others to decide.

[Raider4ever]

and that word would be a synonym of "hookset"

[solbes]

Yup I read a direct quote of his where he was proud to go in as the first Dutch born player, as a US citizen, and as a Mn Twin. No Piracy here!