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Tag Archives: Bert Blyleven
Pitch to contact was not in their vocabulary
Many of us that watch the Twins day in and day out complain about the number of hits that the Twins pitchers allow and bemoan the Twins so-called pitching philosophy of “pitch to contact”. The baseball glossary defines ”pitch to … Continue reading
This Day in Twins History – May 31
5/31/1976 – With trade rumors running rampant due to how poorly salary negotiations had progressed, Bert Blyleven walked off the mound after pitching a complete game at the Met in front of 8,379 fans trailing the California Angels 3-1. … Continue reading
Today in Twins History – April 6
4/6/1951 - Twins pitching great and MLB Hall of Famer Rik Aalbert ”Bert” Blyleven was born on this day in Zeist, Netherlands. Blyleven, now a Twins TV color commentator makes a big deal about his birthday and seems to mention his birthday … Continue reading
Posted in This Day in Twins History
Tagged Bert Blyleven, Catfish Hunter, Chuck Shilling, Cleveland Indians, Dick Stigman, Gary Gaetti, Joe Mauer, Jose Calero, Justin Morneau, Kingdome, Metrodome, Oakland A's, Red Sox, Rob Wilfong, Ron Villone, Russ Nixon, Safeco Field, Seattle Mariners, Shane Rawley, Tony Oliva
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Twins career best K/9
I watched Clubhouse Confidential on MLB TV yesterday and in one of the segments host Brian Kenny talked about the climbing rate of the strikeout per 9 innings ratio (K/9) over the years. It was a very interesting piece and Kenny pointed … Continue reading
Posted in General Blogging
Tagged Atlanta Braves, Bert Blyleven, Craig Kimbrel, Dave Boswell, Detroit Tigers, Dick Stigman, Eddie Guardado, Francisco Liriano, Glen Perkins, Jim Merritt, Johan Santana, Max Scherzer, Mike Trombley, Rick Aguilera, Scott Baker, Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals
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How important are 30 or more starts in a season from each starting pitcher?
The Twins and Terry Ryan have put in a lot of time this off-season to try to round up some pitchers that they can put in the starting rotation so that manager Gardenhire can hopefully call on each of them to start 30-35 games … Continue reading
Posted in General Blogging, Washington Senators 1901-1960
Tagged Bert Blyleven, Boof Bonser, Brad Radke, Camilo Pascual, Carl Pavano, Carlos Silva, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Dave Boswell, Dave Goltz, Detroit Tigers, Eric Milton, Francisco Liriano, Frank Viola, Jim Kaat, Jim Perry, Joe Mays, Johan Santana, Kansas City Royals, Kenny Rogers, Kevin Tapani, Kyle Lohse, NIck Blackburn, Rick Reed, Ron Gardenhire, Scott Baker, Scott Diamond, Scott Erickson, Terry Ryan, Walter Johnson, Washington Senators
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This Day in Twins History – October 12, 1987
The Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 9-5 and won their first American League pennant in 22 years as Bert Blyleven wins his second game of the series. The Twins, with the worst road record of any pennant or division … Continue reading
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Tagged Bert Blyleven, Detroit Tigers, Herb Carneal
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This Day in Twins History
9/16/1970 – Pitcher Clyde Wright becomes the California Angels second ever 20 game winner when he beat the Twins and Bert Blyleven 5-1 at Met Stadium. Bert Blyleven, a 19-year old rookie, ties an AL record by striking out the … Continue reading
Twins that have not jogged around the bases
The home run hitters of baseball have been idolized by baseball fans for years, but what about those “Punch-and-Judy” hitters that just have not been able to put one out over the fence and haven’t even been lucky enough to get … Continue reading
Posted in General Blogging
Tagged Al Newman, Ben Revere, Bert Blyleven, Bruce Look, Dan Monzon, Dodgers, Houston Jiminez, Jamey Carroll, Jose Guillermo Morales, Junior Ortiz, Luis Gomez, Mudcat Grant, Nelson Liriano, San Francisco Giants, Sergio Ferrer, Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Walter Alston, Willie McCovey
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Did you know?
In the 1985 All-Star game, the American League started seven future Hall of Famers: Rickey Henderson (CF), George Brett (3B), Eddie Murray (1B), Cal Ripken (SS), Dave Winfield (RF), Jim Rice (LF), and Carlton Fisk (C). This is the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Bert Blyleven, Dave Winfield, Harmon Killebrew, Paul Molitor
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This Day in Twins History – June 26
1964 – Gerry Arrigo pitches the Twins first ever one hitter when Mike Hershberger singles to right leading off the ninth inning and breaks up Arrigo’s no hit bid but the Twins prevail 2-0 over the White Sox at Met … Continue reading
This Day in Twins History
5/31/1976 - With trade rumors running rampant due to how poorly salary negotiations had progressed, Bert Blyleven walked off the mound at the Met in front of 8,379 fans trailing the California Angels 3-1. A number of fans were on Blylevens’ … Continue reading
Interesting facts about the MLB first-year player draft
The first-year player draft was initiated in 1965 and since then a total of 60,428 players have been drafted. During that time, a total of 8,493 players (14.05%), which includes drafted players, non-drafted players and foreign-born players, have appeared in at least … Continue reading
Posted in MLB Draft
Tagged Bert Blyleven, Bob Jones, Eddie Bane, Eddie Leon, Joe Mauer, Kent Hrbek, Kirby Puckett, Lenny Faedo, Mike Morgan, Steve Brye, Steve Garvey, Tim Belcher
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This Day in Twins History – May 20
1962 - The Twins split a double header at Yankee Stadium losing the first game 4-3 and winning the second game 4-2. Twins reliever Ray Moore becomes the first Twins pitcher to lose and win a game in the same day. … Continue reading
Posted in This Day in Twins History
Tagged Bert Blyleven, Carlos Silva, Dan Gladden, Eric Broersma, Frank Quilici, Harmon Killebrew, Joe Nathan, Justin Morneau, Keith Atherton, Marty Cordova, Michael Cuddyer, Paul Molitor, Randy Bush, Rangers, Ray Moore, Red Sox, Rod Carew, Roger Clemens, Ron Gardenhire, Tony Oliva
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This Day in Twins History – January 5, 2011
Roberto Alomar, a 12-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winning second baseman, and Bert Blyleven, a 287-game winning pitcher who ranks fifth on the all-time strikeout list, were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels, Bert Blyleven, HOF, Indians, Pirates, Rangers, Roberto Alomar
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GM Ryan busy, Twins sign Ryan Doumit
Holy Cow, GM Terry Ryan has been busy, on the job less than two weeks and he has signed Jamey Carroll and now today the Twins announced they have signed C/1B/OF Ryan Doumit to a $3 million one year deal pending a … Continue reading
Keep’em Dancing
June 25, 2011 - To be a good pitcher they say, you need to keep the hitters off balance and you can’t let the hitters get comfortable at the plate. If you look at the Twins pitching history, you will see … Continue reading
Swarzak throws a gem
May 29, 2011 - Three Twins pitchers – starter Anthony Swarzak (8 innings and 1 hit), Matt Capps, and Alex Burnett – held the Angels to one hit in 10 innings yesterday. Since the American League adopted the designated hitter in … Continue reading
Posted in According to Elias, General Blogging
Tagged Alex Burnett, Angels, Anthony Swarzak, Bert Blyleven, Matt Capps, Yankees
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Do you know your Twins pitching history?
January 22, 2011 - The 2006 Twins pitching staff holds the team record for strikeouts in a single season with 1,164. Johan Santana led the staff with 245 KO’s. On the other hand, the 1994 Twins pitching staff only struck out … Continue reading
Bert Blyleven finally elected to Hall of Fame
Congratulations Bert! It is well deserved!
You’re outta here!
December 23, 2010 – One of the fun things about going to baseball games for me is that you never know when a manager or player ejection will take place over a close play or a bad or missed call by … Continue reading
Posted in General Blogging
Tagged Allan Anderson, Bert Blyleven, Bob Allison, Brad Radke, Brian Harper, Butch Huskey, Camilo Pascual, Carlos Silva, Charlie Manual, Chili Davis, Chuck Knoblauch, Corey Koskie, Craig Kusick, Cristian Guzman, Dan Gladden, Danny Thompson, Danny Valencia, Dave Hollins, David Ortiz, Denard Span, Doug Mientkiewicz, Earl Battey, Eddie Guardado, Frank Viola, Fred Manrique, George Mitterwald, Greg Gagne, Jack Cressend, Jacques Jones, Jamey Carroll, JC Romero, Jesus Vega, Jim Dwyer, Jim Roland, Joe Niekro, John Castino, John Goryl, Ken Landreaux, Kenny Rogers, Kent Hrbek, Kirby Puckett, Latroy Hawkins, Lenny Green, Mark Salas, Michael Cuddyer, Mickey Hatcher, Mike Cubbage, Mike Redmond, Mike Smithson, Mike Walters, Nick Punto, Orlando Cabrera, Pat Mears, Pete Filson, Phil Roof, Rich Reese, Rick Sofield, Rod Carew, Ron Davis, Ron Jackson, Scott Diamond, Shannon Stewart, Terry Felton, Tom Brunansky, Tom Prince, Tony Oliva, Torii Hunter, Vic Power, Wally Backman
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Calvin Griffith in Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
November 17, 2010 - I recently had heard that there was Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and in doing some research on it, I ran across this story (Letters from Quebec: Induction Day at the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, Part … Continue reading
My Twins all-time starting five
July 14, 2010 - I thought that it might be interesting for me to pick my all-time Twins starting 5 pitchers. It turned out to be more difficult than what I had imagined it would be. What do you rank them … Continue reading
Posted in General Blogging
Tagged Bert Blyleven, Camilo Pascual, Frank Viola, Jim Kaat, Jim Perry, Johan Santana
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Franchise Pitching Game Started leaders
Minnesota Twins Names Seasons Games started Complete games Jim Kaat 13 422 133 Brad Radke 12 377 37 Bert Blyleven 11 345 141 Frank Viola 8 259 54 Jim Perry 10 249 61 Dave Goltz 8 215 80 Kevin … Continue reading
Posted in General Blogging, Washington Senators 1901-1960
Tagged Bert Blyleven, Bob Groom, Brad Radke, Camilo Pascual, Casey Patten, Dave Goltz, Dutch Leonard, Early Wynn, Eric Milton, Frank Viola, Jim Kaat, Jim Perry, Jim Shaw, Johan Santana, Kevin Tapani, Sid Hudson, Tom Hughes, Tom Zachary, Walter Johnson
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Twins Opening Day pitchers
April 10, 2010 - In the Twins 50 years they are 24-26 on opening day. The Twins have had 25 different pitchers take the mound on opening day on their behalf and only four pitchers have had that honor more than … Continue reading
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Tagged Bert Blyleven, Brad Radke, Dave Goltz, Frank Viola
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What “they” said about Bert in 1976
January 31, 2010 - An interesting story about Bert Blyleven written by Pat Jordan in the June 14, 1976 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. It is a fun read and I hope you enjoy it. I wonder what Bert would say … Continue reading
