Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

by Andrew Johnson

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Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven will have their day together in Cooperstown this summer. The pair were elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America a year after falling maddeningly short of induction. Alomar was just eight votes shy of the total required for induction in 2010 while Blyleven was a mere five.

"It's been 14 years of praying and waiting, and I thank the baseball writers of America for, I'm going to say, finally getting it right," said Blyleven, who was elected in his second-to-last year on the ballot.

"As far as how I feel right now, I've got goosebumps."

Added Alomar later: "I feel real honored to be a part of the Hall of Fame, to be part of the elite ballplayers to ever play the game.

"It was real surprising. I didn't expect to get so many votes. I know last year was a little bit disappointing, but the on the other hand I feel real happy with what happened this year. I'm excited. This is a real exciting moment for me," he said.

"Last year I got so close, I expected that this year I (would) at least be able to make it, but I didn't think that I was going to get that many votes."

 

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