Kirby Puckett and Bert Blyleven don’t belong in the Hall of Fame? That’s the opinion of outspoken ex-slugger Reggie Jackson, in a new interview appearing in Sports Illustrated. According to Star Tribune writer Michael Rand, who was sent some early quotes, Jackson says “Blyleven wasn’t even the dominant pitcher of his era.”
As you mull that one over, enjoy the end of the Twins’ AL West-clinching game in 1987, a team that featured both Puckett and Blyleven…in a TV call by Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew: