Soft-spoken and appreciative, Harold Baines made his first trip to Cooperstown as a Hall of Fame electee on Tuesday.
The honor might not have changed Baines' outlook, but the change in surroundings was not lost on the Windy City slugger, who spent 14 of his 22 big league seasons calling Chicago's South Side home as a member of the White Sox.
Baines was at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to experience his orientation visit -- afforded to all new Hall of Fame electees. After a two-hour midmorning tour of the museum's exhibits and collections, Baines, accompanied by his wife, Marla, wound up in the museum's plaque gallery surrounded by the bronze images of 323 past honorees.