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Originally Posted by Chris-Counts
Sweet Lou should be on there, as well as Dwight Evans.
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How is Dwight constantly overlooked? I'm biased because he was my favorite player growing up, but the numbers are there if you look. In his quiet, modest way, he was a dominator in the 1980's. There was always someone else to steal the spotlight, but that was seemingly fine with him. New England still took notice, as did many others.
Darrell Evans has been completely forgotten about. It goes without saying there are lots of more deserving players than Darrell, but as someone else noted, and has been noted to death, putting in Baines just means that practically anybody who played long enough should be eligible. I really need Harold Baines to dress up as Oprah: "YOU get inducted, YOU get inducted, YOU get inducted!".
I wasn't around to bear firsthand witness to Frank Frisch's cronyism which allowed for some pretty infuriating HOF selections, but Baines was at least an equally poor choice and simply due to more cronyism.
What rhymes and has no place in a hall of fame? Haines and Baines.