Harold Baines speaks during a news conference for the baseball Hall of Fame during the Major League Baseball winter meetings, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Harold Baines speaks during a news conference for the baseball Hall of Fame during the Major League Baseball winter meetings, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Photo: John Locher / Associated PressLAS VEGAS — Former A’s manager Tony La Russa, now a member of baseball’s Hall of Fame, served on the committee that added one of his former Oakland players to the Hall this week, and he was happy to detail Monday why Harold Baines made the cut.