Off-Topic Forum

So I started to move all my Baines cards up to the head of each team, since that's where the HOFers go in my binders. Mildly interesting observations. He was near the top of the team most of the time, anyway, because I clearly respected him as a player. And the player he is most often moving down a notch is Mike Mussina. So perhaps in another month, many of those moves will have been for naught if Mussina gets elected the old fashioned way.

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I think Mussina still has one or two years before he gets in.

hmm.. commons in the hof

A part of me may want to hate that Harold Baines is in, but I can't. I'm genuinely happy for the guy. He wasn't a slam dunk choice, but he's far from being the worst choice either. According to Baseball Reference, here are the top 5 hitters similar to Baines: Tony Perez, Al Kaline, Dave Parker, Billy Williams, and Andre Dawson. Four Hall of Famers and a guy who had a pretty strong arguement himself. The outrage over this should blow over quickly, I would think.

However, I feel the committee has opened up a Pandora's Box. The 80's is an overlooked era of the Hall, and Baines induction is going to open a floodgate that may see guys like Parker, Evans, Murphy, and Mattingly get in.