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Originally Posted by SAllen2556
When I was a kid Dale Murphy was like Steve Garvey, who was like Graig Nettles, who was like Dave Parker. It seemed like they were all going to be HOF'ers eventually, but instead they put in Burt Blyleven - who never seemed like a hall-of-famer.
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Blyleven holds the major League record for winning the most 1-0 games (15) more than anyone in the history of MLB except the Big Train.
He also lost nine 1-0 games.
Jack Morris and Bert Blyleven get little respect from fans in regards to the Hall of Fame. They were both money pitchers in the post season and compiled outstanding regular season records compared to their peers.
I would be very comfortable having to rely on either one to be my starting pitcher in the seventh game of the World Series.
Could you say the same for hofers like Kaat, Niekro, Bunning and Sutton?