I always have to remind myself that the Hall of Fame is a joke. Not the museum and library parts which are all sorts of awesome, but the ridiculous system of voting players and other people into the game into some sort of special honor. I wouldn’t have voted for Lee Smith, but if you’re going to start putting closers in as a separate category, then OK. Smith isn’t a bad choice.
Brian Giles was a better player than Harold Baines. Paul O’Neill was a better player than Harold Baines. Fred Lynn was a better player than Harold Baines.