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Originally Posted by Orioles1954
I feel bad for Harold Baines. An excellent player with very good stats. He’s also a fine person who’s getting crapped on for being elected. Unlike guys like Goose Gossage or Ron Santo, Baines wasn’t lobbying for his induction. He deserves a lot better from supposed baseball “fans.”
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The bottom line is he should not have been elected. Are people supposed to just sit silently and have no opinion because he is (and I agree he is) a fine person? For better or worse, if you make sports your career, you're putting yourself into the realm of public opinion. It's not personal.
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