Lee Smith and Harold Baines elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Lee Smith and Harold Baines elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Dec 12, 2018 1:05:46 GMT Rufus-T and millar70 like this

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Post by NJtoTX on Dec 12, 2018 1:05:46 GMT

Dec 11, 2018 23:31:33 GMT fjenkins said:

Dec 11, 2018 18:16:55 GMT TheGoodMan19 said:

I think Baines helps the Juicers. "Hey, if a mediocre grinder like HB is in, Bonds should be in, no matter what he did".

It'd the Hall of Very Good now, might as well live with it. Let in Larry Walker, Jason Bay, Mario Mendoza, Moonlight Graham

But Baines didn't cheat or do anything illegal. He just got it because of dumb voters.

The 16-person committee that elected Baines included Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, one of Baines’ managers (Tony LaRussa) Baines GM in Baltimore (Pat Gillick), and a former teammate (Roberto Alomar). As a bloc, they provided one-third of the dozen votes needed for election on the 16-person committee. All four could have been disqualified from consideration of Baines due to conflicts of interest.