Comments on: HOF Announcement! – Bert’s IN!!!

By: Jim Crikket

Jim Crikket — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:12:35 +0000

chew… for some reason, I think Bert would find it humorous to have the hole in the middle of the roof at the ol’ Dome designated “Gate 28″. Then again, I could be wrong.

By: Piranhtachew

Piranhtachew — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:31:12 +0000

Congrats, Bert!

… We have *enough* holes in stadia around here, though, Thank you very much.

By: Jim Crikket

Jim Crikket — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:07:17 +0000

I remember that, too, James… I speculated then that Oliva would be the next to get bronzed and to be honest, I think he deserves that honor before Bert does.

By: James

James — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:01:33 +0000

I think the Twins already had plans for making a Bert statue. I remember one of the FO execs (Dave St Peter maybe?) saying on the radio when the Twins announced they were building the Clock Tower and other things that it was a good possibility that someone will be getting a statue, but when pressed he wouldnt name names.

By: Jim Crikket

Jim Crikket — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:30:19 +0000

By the way… now that he’s a Hall of Famer and there’s no longer a bullpen arm wearing #28, it’s time for the Twins to officially retire that number and put him on the list to be honored with a statue on/near the Plaza at some point.

Blowing a new gaping hole in the foundation of Target Field to create a new “Gate 28″ could prove a bit more problematic, I suppose. Maybe they could address the retired numbers of Hrbek (14), Blyleven (28) and Jackie Robinson (42) by making Hrbek share his gate and rename Gate 14 the “Numbers that are multiples of 14 Gate”… might be kind of a mouthfull and tough to fit on a ticket, though.

By: neutrino boi

neutrino boi — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:56:02 +0000

“relief” is about the right word. Along with “finally”.

And, hey, Bret Boone at least got one vote. Contact!

By: Jim Crikket

Jim Crikket — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:28:09 +0000

I’ve been able to watch the coverage of FSN online from work and I have to say it’s hard not to get a bit emotional when you know how much it means to Bert. The highlight to me was watching him autograph the ball Marnie had for him to sign, adding the HOF 2011 to his signature. I recall reading/hearing other HOFers talk about what it meant to them to be able to add that subscript to their autographs and I suspect Bert’s hand was shaking just a bit as he did so for the first time.

Congratulations, Bert.