A cinder-block wall of signatures has been uncovered during the renovation at Progressive Field. Here’s the story behind it.

Bert Blyleven was inducted into the Hall Of Fame (mostly for his work as a Minnesota Twin). Kent Tekulve was one of the most unique closers in baseball history. For some reason, though ...

The Baseball Hall of Fame will be opening its doors to its next class this winter, and we now have a glimpse of who could be ...

A few words on each of them ... A year or two ago, I wrote many hundreds of words about Bert Blyleven, who is on the ballot for the fifth time, having received scant support his first four tries.

Fellow moundsman Bert Blyleven continuously gave Perry the lion’s share of the credit for mentoring his teenaged Dutchman self and shaping his eventual Hall of Fame career. It’s difficult to ...

Center fielder Fred Lynn hits one of his two two-run home runs off Bert Blyleven on July 14, 1988, in a 7-1 win against the visiting Twins. Lynn finished his 17-year major league career with 306 ...

1986 — Minnesota’s Bert Blyleven broke Robin Roberts’ 1956 record of 46 home run pitches in a season when he gave up a two-out, third-inning homer to Cleveland rookie Jay Bell. It was the ...

576). By the way, here are some scores for some other pitchers: Tommy John (217), Jack Morris (214), Doc Gooden (204), Jim Kaat (200), Bert Blyleven (190), Bob Welch (190), Ron Guidry (190 ...

1977 — Bert Blyleven tossed a 6-0 no-hitter for Texas against the Angels at Anaheim Stadium. 1986 — Fernando Valenzuela of Los Angeles became the first Mexican to win 20 games, beating the ...

1986 — Minnesota’s Bert Blyleven broke Robin Roberts’ 1956 record of 46 home run pitches in a season when he gave up a two-out, third-inning homer to Cleveland rookie Jay Bell. It was the ...

For this exercise, I’m only including players from 1961 to 2024 who qualified for end of year awards in their respective ...