It isn’t surprising former White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko believes Harold Baines deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
Konerko is among those who understand how difficult it is to be a DH, having done so 345 times during an 18-year career, and obviously he’s a former teammate of Baines.
So why is Baines a Hall of Famer?
“It’s a combination of a lot of things — he really has really good numbers and really solid statistics and all of that,” Konerko said. “With him it’s one of those things where the longevity — of him always being a constant threat and being dangerous, the guy no one wants to face for a long time, and just being clutch and quiet and very unassuming, too.