Bert Blyleven is (not) "Making a Call" page...
Bert Blyleven
1970-1992 Player
199? - present Announcer for Minnesota Twins Television
No other Dutchman gave up as many home runs
as this former Minnesota Twins (Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland
Indians, and California Angels) ace. If you want more of Bert Blyleven's
pitching stats, see his official webpage. I
am here to document and discuss something else. Dick Bremer, the broadcast
partner of this pitching great, has to put up with Bert's hilarious habit
of trying to MAKE A CALL. If you are not familiar, MAKING A CALL
entails a wild-ass guess by Bert as to what's gonna happen next in the
baseball game he is broadcasting. Its fairly amusing and most of
the time he is wrong - and every few years he drags Dick along for the
bumpy ride. Circle this Bert.
For those Cardinals fans out there that
think the Twins won the World Series in '87 just because of the dome,
here are some numbers for ya. At www.baseball-reference.com
they have calculated a Park Factor
rating (originally from totalbaseball.com) for every team each year to
determine the impact that the location may have upon pitchers and hitters.
As you will notice, the results challenge the preconception of the
Homerdome. Get over it, the Twins won fair and square.
"Calculated separately for batters and pitchers. Above
100 signifies a park favorable to hitters;
below 100 signifies a park favorable to pitchers."
YEAR
|
Location
|
PF_Pitching
|
PF_Hitting
|
1979
|
Met
|
104
|
104
|
1980
|
Met
|
108
|
107
|
1981
|
Met
|
108
|
107
|
1982
|
Dome
|
104
|
103
|
1983
|
Dome
|
105
|
104
|
1984
|
Dome
|
105
|
105
|
1985
|
Dome
|
106
|
106
|
1986
|
Dome
|
103
|
103
|
1987*
|
Dome
|
104
|
104
|
1988
|
Dome
|
103
|
103
|
1989
|
Dome
|
107
|
107
|
1990
|
Dome
|
106
|
107
|
1991*
|
Dome
|
104
|
105
|
1992
|
Dome
|
103
|
103
|
* Won World Series
Ok, maybe it was in the air (currents).
Here is a good editorial
by Bert about contraction on his message board .
