Uncle Milty wrote:Baines is difficult to make a case for

Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa calls the arguments against the selection of Harold Baines to the Hall of Fame as "weak-a-- superficial bulls---."

La Russa was one of the 16 members of the Today's Game committee that elected Baines and Lee Smith on Sunday. Baines topped out at 6.1 percent during his five years on the BBWAA ballot, and his highest finish in MVP voting was ninth place in 1985, making him one of the most stunning -- and controversial -- Hall of Fame selections in years.

La Russa was Baines' manager with the White Sox from 1980 to 1986 and then again in Oakland in 1991 and 1992. Longtime White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf was also a committee member, as were former teammate Roberto Alomar and Pat Gillick, Baines' general manager in Baltimore. Even Baines acknowledged that having La Russa and Reinsdorf on the committee "probably helped me."

Uncle Milty wrote:Guess that means McGuire will get in too

BigEd76 wrote: he missed out on when he was ejected 2 innings short of getting it in his final start

Major League Baseball, its players' association and the Cuban Baseball Federation reached an agreement that will allow players from the island to sign big league contracts without defecting, an effort to eliminate the dangerous trafficking that had gone on for decades.

The agreement, which runs through Oct. 31, 2021, allows Cubans to sign under rules similar to those for players under contract to clubs in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

Squire wrote:The video of Marshawn Lynch testifying to the Oakland City Council in favor of the A's new stadium is cool.

pacino wrote:the stadium is kind of weird looking but it'd be all private money funding it

ReadingPhilly wrote:missed oppo to be starbucks grounds.