Former teammates Bert Blyleven, Dave Stewart and Terry Francona were among those who shared their memories of Parker and ...

Ex-Major Leaguer and current Twins announcer Bert Blyleven did an interview with Yahoo’s Big League Stew and right away the conversation was weird. Not as weird as this section on his love of ...

Bert Blyleven, 287 wins, 3,701 strikeouts, 96.0 WAR. Actually, as those who have listened to Bert on Twins broadcasts know, Blyleven would not have referred to WAR then or now — he doesn’t ...

Bert Blyleven was announced as the newest member of Baseball's Hall of Fame on Wednesday. The righty got his start with Minnesota, where we won the 1970 AL Rookie of the Year award, a year after ...

Prior to sitting in the Target Field booth one last time, Bert Blyleven indicated he’s not ready to retire as a broadcaster. But if he has any mixed feelings toward the Twins’ decision to move ...

The baseball writers made him wait far too long, but Bert Blyleven has finally gotten what he long deserved: He and Roberto Alomar became the newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame on ...

Jenny Blyleven wasn’t eager to leave home, but Bert recalls her saying years later that she’d “follow Joe anywhere.” Jenny and Joe met when they were 13 years old and World War II was raging.

Bert Blyleven has 287 wins and is fifth all time with 3,701 strikeouts. But so far those numbers haven't gotten Blyleven elected to the Hall of Fame. In this, his 11th year on the ballot, will ...

Bert Blyleven came to grips with his best pitch inside his Garden Grove home. It was a three-bedroom, one-bathroom house stretched to capacity by seven children and two parents who managed to put ...

Pitcher WAR BERT BLYLEVEN 92 Billy Pierce 66 Tommy John 65 Luis Tiant 62 Tommy Bridges 61 Wilbur Cooper 59 Babe Adams 59 Rick Reuschel 58 Jerry Koosman 58 Dave Stieb 58 ...

Was Bert Blyleven the best of his era — no, Tom Seaver was. But he was one of the best in an era that had a great many great pitchers, more than any since the dead ball era.

Bert Blyleven listened as Scully described, via radio signal sent south from Los Angeles to Garden Grove, Calif., how Koufax threw that pitch, how the 6-foot-2 lefty wrapped his arm around in his ...