Well, some people may not think Bert is Hall-worthy, but ESPN's Jim Caple, the sage who once dubbed the Twins "America's Team," sure does.:

Koufax or Blyleven? The question might seem strictly hypothetical, along the lines of "What if Oprah could fly?" But really, it gets to the heart of what makes a Hall of Fame career. Koufax's brief span of greatness was enough to get him into Cooperstown, but wasn't Blyleven's longevity also a type of greatness? Doesn't being that good for that long make you great? Or do you just become really, really good?

I don't know the answer. But I do know that the very fact that this is a difficult question is a big reason why I cast my Hall of Fame vote for Blyleven this week.

And what IF Oprah could fly?

(Thanks to Wonder Woman for the heads-up!)

In more ESPN linkage, the Sports Guy says the HOF is broken, and he's got a plan to fix it: tiers:

Here's the premise: In an ideal world, the Hall of Fame should be a place where someone could stroll in, spend weeks walking around, absorb everything about the game ... by the time they departed, they would know everything there is to know about professional baseball. Well, the way the place is presently constructed, all the Hall of Famers are sort of lumped together. It's like having a Hall of Fame for models and putting Cindy Crawford's plaque next to the girl who modeled as the "Before" picture in the original "Weight Watchers" ad.

So why couldn't we transform it into a five-level pyramid -- seriously, an actual pyramid, like a replica of the Luxor casino in Las Vegas -- where elected players are assigned to different levels.

Meanwhile, as YankeeFan points out in the comments, Page 2 makes a gross error in judgment by pronouncing some other blog as the hot must-read blog. (This other blog Curbed, is actually run by a FOBs, and Batgirl has incriminating photos.) Nor do they call Batgirl "America's Sweetheart." First the HOF snub, now this? What is the world coming to?