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Harold Baines was elected to the HOF? smh If he gets in then I have a long list of guys that should get in but being very good shouldn't be enough.

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Dec 10 '18, 08:25

Baines had a lot of hits but that's it and he only got those because he hung around as a mediocre DH for so long. He played 21 years and still didn't get 3k hits.
He must have a lot of friends on the voting committee.

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Adam Dunn, Scott Rolen, Hanley Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Magglio Ordonez, Mark Teixeira, Ryan Klesko, and Jeff Kent -- (link) - Beaker Dec 10, 08:30 7
- The bar falls so much with Baines, that it's amazing who now is a HOFer. - Will Hunting Dec 10, 08:58
- Exactly, none of those guys should get in either. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 08:33
- "(It should go without saying that all of those guys are worse than Edgar Martinez, who’s entering his final year on the writers’ ballot.)" -- nm - Beaker Dec 10, 08:31 4
  - maybe all but Scott Rolen. -- nm - groiny Dec 10, 08:33 3
    - Rolen's an easy call relative to Baines. 9 Gold Gloves, 300+ homers, 22% abover average OPS. He's a 70 WAR player. - Will Hunting Dec 10, 09:00
    - and I guess Jeff Kent would be an option too if he were not such a dick -- nm - groiny Dec 10, 08:38 1
      - Right. He is 55 WAR player but who would advocate for him? - David Dec 10, 08:49
If Edgar gets in as a DH, I'm fine with Baines getting in. -- nm - Inigo Dec 10, 08:28 11
- Shove your mindless hot take up your... -- nm - David Dec 10, 08:46
- Baines isn't anywhere close to being qualified with his stats. It's not about him being a DH but about him not being one of the best - Krusty Dec 10, 08:31 9
  - to be fair, he started in 83 before the roids kicked in - groiny Dec 10, 08:34 3
    - He was a very good hitter. I'm not trying to say he was garbage. But his numbers aren't hall worthy. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 08:38 2
      - I don't disagree, but I also don't think it is rage worthy. -- nm - groiny Dec 10, 08:39 1
        
        Agreed. I'm not looking to fight about it but I do enjoy the discussion. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 08:41
  - If he had started his career in 1990 instead of 1980, he'd have 500 HR, and an over 900 OPS. He's a lot better than you think he is. -- nm - Inigo Dec 10, 08:33 3
    - But he didn't and his numbers aren't good enough to be in the hall. I saw him play and he was good but not one of the best of his time. - Krusty Dec 10, 08:36 2
      - I think he's just below Murray, Schmidt, Murphy for that era of power hitter. YMMV. -- nm - Inigo Dec 10, 08:42 1
        
        I don't see that comparison. Baines need a lot of years to get the numbers he has. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 09:41
  - highest % from the writers was 6.1%. I'm only 6.1% from being in the MLB HOF too! -- nm - Beaker Dec 10, 08:32
as a White Sox fan, I do not even believe he should be in. -- nm - groiny Dec 10, 08:28
he had 4 people with close ties on him out of the 16 voters -- nm - groiny Dec 10, 08:27

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Harold Baines was elected to the HOF? *smh* If he gets in then I have a long list of guys that should get in but being very good shouldn't be enough.

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