Texpope
Phil Ponebshek
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Texpope has, so far, written 3,921 comments and this was the latest, on Harold Baines:
The last 25 players commented on other than Harold Baines (click to go to that player and the season for that comment):
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390
Luis Valbuena,
42
Chris Owings,
30
Paul Goldschmidt,
168
Carlos Santana,
71
Pat Corbin,
63
Lucas Sims,
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5
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Willie McCovey,
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8
Kyle Freeland,
Oct 3
13
Charlie Blackmon,
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133
Peter Alonso,
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13
Hector Neris,
Jul 31
50
Mike Moustakas,
Jul 29
112
Jose Adolis Garcia,
Jul 28
3
Brad Hand,
Jul 18
49
Gregg Jefferies,
Jul 12
6
Kean Keanu Wong,
Jul 12
1
Yasmani Grandal,
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78
Colin Poche,
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Jordan Hicks,
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21
Pablo Lopez,
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Clayton Kershaw,
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Jesus Aguilar,
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49
Pat Neshek,
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52
I'm a lot less impressed with longevity when (a) from age 28 on, the dude was almost exclusively a DH, and (b) over 14 seasons where he was a regular DH, he had 7 where his WAR was 2.0 or less, 7 with an OPS+ of 120 or less.
That's damning to me, because I consider the DH to be a useful tool for a manager to keep a good bat in the lineup while giving a guy a day off from playing the field. I want a DH who is consistently above those thresholds if he's going to justify taking that tool away. I just don't think that Harold Baines made his teams much better over a good portion of his career, and that's kind of important for a HOFer in my opinion.