Big League Stew: Brown: Bert Blyleven talks the Hall, swearing on air

Q: Ever get into a confrontation with one of these Hall voters?

BB: I was on with Bob Ley from “Outside the Lines,” with a writer — I forget from where —and we went back-and-forth. He hadn’t voted for me but I think he’s since changed his mind. But I can’t sit down with 500 guys and try to convince them. The convincing, to me, is over with. I feel I’m going to be in there in a couple years. I honestly feel my time is coming.

Q: Is that based on how your vote totals have improved?

BB: I think with the steroid era — how the game has changed — and with guys pitching every fifth day now, there’s no emphasis on complete games. I see guys pitching eight shutout innings and then not going out for the ninth because of a pitch count. We never had the pitch count.

Thanks to Eddie G.