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Lovable modern-day ironman Cal Ripken Jr., and just as lovable Tony Gwynn were voted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame today with 537 and 532 votes, respectively, from the Baseball Writers Association of America.

It is absolutely stunning that Blyleven is left off. He retired third all-time in strikeouts (now he's fifth), and he is sixth all-time in shutouts. Blyleven was an important pitcher on two World Series championship teams, and pitched well in the postseason. He finished in the top-five in ERA seven times in his career, 10 times in the top-10. He was an excellent pitcher for 22 seasons, in the Don Sutton or even Don Drysdale mode. So why isn't Blyleven in Cooperstown?