StanMarsh51
Well-Known Member
So wait...Longevity is a detriment to fame? That's news to me. You're gonna slice it how you like. Good for you. But, in the end, a veterans committee of long-time baseball people that know a sh*t ton more about baseball than you and I see it my way...unless you're trying to make the argument that they put Harold Baines in for publicity and not merit...which makes absolutely no sense considering the dude is one of the most soft-spoken athletes of all-time.
Haters gonna hate. Step on ye of little consequence. Harold is in the hall forevermore.
So you agree that Baines was never really a great player? You're just bringing up that he had longevity, but making no mentioning of any great seasons/runs he had, correct?
And that wasn't even the Veterans Committee that voted him in....it's the Today's Era Committe, a small panel of just 16, some of whom are probably friends/acquaintances with Baines (Roberto Alomar, Joe Torre, Joe Morgan, Ozzie Smith, Tony LaRusa are some of the guys on that committee). This is the same group that voted in Jack Morris (a guy with a near 4 ERA into the hall).
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