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This Idiot Is Now Immortal

Almost as legendary as his curveball is his reputation as “The Frying Dutchman”—he was born in Holland and his favorite practical joke was the hot foot. Bert was, and probably still is, an oafish and unimaginative shit-in-the-Jacuzzi, fart-on-the-beat-reporter Ball Four-type joker. You could tell from the way he acted in the booth—especially when he got suspended for accidentally saying “fuck” on air a couple years ago—that there is something very Kenny Powers going on beneath Bert’s cheerful company-man act. Which is fine, but evidently those writers didn’t much like getting farted on.

Lifelong Minnesotan Steve Marsh explains mixed emotions about new hometown Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven.

Way to go, Marsh!