Baseball Hall of Fame Class 2011

Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven get in the Hall.

Can't believe that it took Bert 14 years to make it, but I'm glad he is finally in. The guy endured some terrible teams and mostly pitched in hitter's ballparks and still almost made 300 wins with a 3.3 ERA. He was a work horse eating up a lot of innings. 5th all time in strikeouts, 9th in shutouts. 5-1 in the post season. Thanks for pitching my Twins to a title.

Roberto Alomar should have been a first balloter. His had the bat, the glove and the speed. .300 batting average, 10 gold gloves at 2nd base, 474 stolen basses (41st all-time), and 12 all-star games. .313 post season batting.

I've hashed my opinion on the steroid guys here. Sorry Mark and Palmeiro. It stinks that your careers are ignored. I sure hope that Bagwell is not being batched with the 'roid guys. The guy was a perennial pain in the rear to the Dodgers and one of the best guys to play first in recent history (Yes, Albert will probably pass him up). Jeff hit 449 homers while batting .297. He was an RBI and double machine and an MVP. Career .408 OBP. Not the best with the glove, but definitely one of the better first basemen. The picture of consistency, he had 4 years where he played all 162 games. Only 3 seasons did he play less that 140. Only getting 41% of the voters is way too low for him.

I'm pullin' for Jack Morris and Lee Smith, too. They are borderline players, but I would like to see them in. Especially Jack Morris for his incredible WS game for the Twins.