Yeah. A bench coach. Yo.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

So no zing then huh??

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

So no zing then huh??

zing still in effect.
Tha batboy has a ring too.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

CHICAGO -- Harold Baines has been part of more than 30 home openers as a Hall of Fame player, coach and ambassador for the White Sox organization.

When he arrives with his wife, Marla, at Guaranteed Rate Field on Tuesday morning for the 2022 home opener in Chicago, something will feel different. Baines, now 63, will arrive almost 11 months removed from a life-saving heart and kidney transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Surviving and recovering from the surgery has provided Baines, a Maryland native, a new lease on life. But as he told MLB.com Thursday evening, the goal for Baines on that night simply was getting to Friday.

“Just focus on Tuesday when Tuesday comes,” Baines said. “I’m excited to get back after two years and not being there. Today, I just take it one day at a time.”

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Upon discovering the grave condition of Baines’ heart, a balloon pump was implanted to help the blood circulate. The balloon pump wasn’t helping enough, and Baines was placed on an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Machine (ECMO), which pumps and oxygenates a patient's blood outside the body, allowing the heart and lungs to rest.

“I don’t want to sensationalize it, but it’s really one step away from death in many ways,” said Dr Ahmet Kilic, director, heart transplantation and associate professor of surgery for Johns Hopkins University said. “The entire blood supply from your body is being shunted through these catheters and to this device that oxygenates and pumps blood, so it acts to both the right and left side of your heart, as well as your lungs.”

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I was pretty shocked when I read that. Jerry pushing so hard for him to get into the HoF makes more sense now.

I'm a Sox fan. I like Harold Baines. I think he was a great player. But he's not really what I would call a Hall of Famer. There are just too many guys similar to him. Some are in and some aren't. I would have kept them all out.

I agree. I'll blaspheme and say Andre Dawson is probably the demarcation line...and he probably shouldn't have gotten in.

One of my favorite players of all time. Probably shouldn't be in.

Jim Rice, another. Shouldn't Fred Lynn be in also, then? Let's let everyone in. Statues all around.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

I agree. I'll blaspheme and say Andre Dawson is probably the demarcation line...and he probably shouldn't have gotten in.

One of my favorite players of all time. Probably shouldn't be in.

Jim Rice, another. Shouldn't Fred Lynn be in also, then? Let's let everyone in. Statues all around.

Damn that sucks , seems like a truly nice guy

I agree. I'll blaspheme and say Andre Dawson is probably the demarcation line...and he probably shouldn't have gotten in.

One of my favorite players of all time. Probably shouldn't be in.

Jim Rice, another. Shouldn't Fred Lynn be in also, then? Let's let everyone in. Statues all around.

Thoughts on a Dale Murphy?

Thoughts on a Dale Murphy?

Thoughts on a Dale Murphy?

I would put him in that group with Dawson, Baines, Parker, Lynn. He did win back-to-back MVPs though.

I remember at one time there were only nine guys who had won consecutive MVP awards, one for each position. Murphy was the guy who completed the lineup.

Murphy had 4 amazing years and 14 or so other years of being very good.

He's on the fence for me. But, given who they are letting in now, he should be in.

Just looked, can't believe he had a 30/30 year. SB were a thing back in the '80s. Put him in.

I think you have to consider how friendly Fulton Co. Stadium was for hitters too.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

2 different positions, but offensive stats very similar.

Ron Santo
277 .362 .464 .826..125

Harold Baines
289 356 465 .820 121

At this point, the #1 argument on the HoF is the fact the Bonds isn't in it.

The critical tiebreaker is that Evans knew how to draw walks, which made him more valuable at the plate. He was a three-time American League walks champion.

Something for youngsters to dream about. The walks crown.