The "Book of Bote" is still be written. The Baines book is complete and the summary is "Not a Hall of Famer".

Just spreading the truth.

No, it's funny how a Sox player makes the HoF and the lamest Cubs fans come in and blast him (as opposed to the ones who just said, Yeah, I don't think he quite makes it, but....).

Another 140 hits and nobody would have said boo

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Book? That shit's gonna be a short story collection. Maybe in twenty years, some library in Keokuk might have one copy, but that's about it.

Baines is nineteenth century fiction. He's fucking Middlemarch.

Fuck Rob Meyer and his lisp

Jack Morris was a monster

And good for Harold

Can someone translate this post? I don't speak retard.

Piss on Nate Silver.

Hall of Famer Harold Baines has a nice ring to it.

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Yes indeed. Favorite player before Frank Thomas.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

So, there's this thing called unintentional irony...

I don't know Harold's #'s but he def was in the WSox HOF.

Baseball HOF? - yes. I got to say he deserves to be there.

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Mark Grace is no way a HOFer.

Will Clark is like Baines. Both guys known more on a regional level. Clark got more exposure because he was on better teams who got to the playoffs consistently and got to a WS too. Because of that Clark got more national tv coverage and is a better known player.

But Will Clark is more of a HOF'r than Grace is.

I clicked on that link.

It's all #'s these days I guess.

But I got one thing over these numbers guys.

I

FUCKING

SAW


THE


GUY


ACTUALLY


PLAY!!!!!!!

Isnt that what counts!?!?!?

Congratulations to Baines.

A professional hitter for a long time. That said, if Baines is part of the standard for who is a Hall of Famer, then they are going to have to add several new wings to the physical HoF.

The HOF many decades ago let in the very very good.

They are already letting in guys who did roids :Biggio

I'm a Sox fan, and this is pretty terrible. Get all the roids guys in first and lets put a hold on the veterans committee stuff.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

No Roids guys should get in. Harold deserves it before Roidiggio.

So Jack Morris didnt deserve to get in? OMG

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At least this means that Edgar Martinez is a mortal lock to get in, either this January on his final try, or four years from now with this half-assed Veterans Committee.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Good for Harold, but the hue and cry from the list of players with better credentials who are not in the Hall of Fame is going to be deafening.

This is probably the HOF's jump the SHARK moment as far as inclusion and again , I say that as a Baines fan.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Baines had virtually zero peak value; his selection is almost entirely as a compiler. Did not lead the league in ANY category, with the exception of one year of SLG.

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Bill Mazeroski has a friend I guess.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Different position, but he got in for his glove (and one of the biggest homers ever), too. Harold....not-a so much with-a the glove-a.

Is Harold a HOF'er?

Evidently!

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

One of the best and most capable DH's ever.

If you count that as a position, I think it says a lot.

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Dave Parker and Dwight Evans definitely deserved to be ahead of Baines, and Al Oliver is close given that he was a CF. But Baines did lose time in three seasons due to strikes, and that is really the only thing that kept him from 3000 hits.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

I'm gettin' Rusty Staub in next. Nicknames count, too.

Should the Sox build another statue of him now?

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