Bad news for Bert--Blyleven's Hall vote total goes down:
Two former Minnesota Twins pitchers lost ground toward their goal of being elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.
Bert Blyleven dropped from 277 votes (53.3 percent of ballots cast) in 2006 to 260 votes (47.7 percent) in this year's results, announced Tuesday. Jack Morris went from 214 votes (41.2 percent) to 202 votes (37.1 percent).
Players must receive 75 percent of the votes to gain induction.
Blyleven is eligible for election through 2012, as long as he receives at least 5 percent of the votes each year. Morris can stay on the ballot through 2014 by fulfilling the same requirement.
How long must this travesty go on? Justice delayed is justice denied and all that.
Oh well, there's always next year. Right guys?
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