Two Bert Blyleven Tweets
This being the Space Age of the Computer Future, it behooves even the retired gentleman to cultivate a grasp of the ColecoVision and other emergent gadgets. As such, it’s heartening to see that the great Bert Blyleven, age 60, knows a thing or two about a thing or two about Twitter. Exhibit A:
If you’ve read Mashable and other authoritative guides to this social medium, then you know that the best way to announce oneself to Twitter Nation-State is to, a, tell Johnny Bench to kiss your ass and then, b, inform him when he’ll be home and in his bed with the lights out. Exhibit B:
If it weren’t already self-evident, then I’d tell you why this Tweet is the sign of an Internetting Gentleman of Triumph.
It’s possible there could be a better Tweet than this, but that Tweet would necessarily be a breathless dispatch informing us that you just saw Bert Blyleven at Cracker Barrell, pork chop upon gullet.
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I was eating dinner in the Twins press room once when he sat by me and proceeded to chat with me for about 1/2 hour on Dutch baseball, scouting, and advanced stats.
Then he told Robby Incmikoski (Twins bleacher reporter) to kiss his ass.
I will never forget that day.
I take that back, he told him to “eat shit.”
What was his take on advanced stats?
Not as anti as you’d think. He basically listened to what I had to say.
When he talked about scouting kids, though, he said he needed to know what they had inside, and he pointed to his heart.
It might be key to remember that Dick Bremer revealed that it’s FSN, not their personal biases, that prevent them from talking about more advanced statistics on the air (from fellow Twins blogger – not MLB pitcher – Josh Johnson). Dick ‘n’ Bert have been instructed to remember the casual fan that tunes in for only a handful of games each season and focus less on the hardcore fan that will watch all 148 or however many games are televised each season.
tl;dr, sounds like Dick ‘n’ Bert would use more sabermetrics if given the chance.
Honestly though….would it kill stations to post triple-slashes?
And what were you eating for dinner?
Pork chops and rice pilaf.
To the best of my knowledge, this meal is perpetually available in America’s press boxes.
Cistulli knows.