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Posted By: Judge Dred

I read the article. It was interesting. I don't think that the article suggested that Blyleven was as good a pitcher as Koufax. The article asked the reader to decide which pitcher they would take if they had to chose between the two. The question basically boiled down to whether you would chose a consistent pitcher with longevity or would you chose someone that was dominant for a short period of time. Which would help a ball club more?

Personally, adding Blyleven to the HOF would be like adding another player that had longevity but not a lot in the area of dominance. Blyleven had the type of career that any player could be proud of. The difference between Don Sutton and Bert Blyleven is that Sutton won 300 games and that's what ultimately got him into the HOF. Neither of those two pitchers was a slouch by any stretch of the imagination. If Blyleven would have won just 13 more games he'd be in the HOF. Look at Early Wynn, he had 300 wins (and less losses, not by much), a higher ERA and less K's and he's in.