Ep. 275: Why Harold Baines belongs in the Hall of Fame

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

With Harold Baines being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Chuck Garfien sits down with White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and Baines former teammate Ron Kittle who explain why Baines is a worthy Hall of Famer. But first, Chuck speaks with Ryan McGuffey and Chris Kamka about the controversy surrounding his induction (1:30) and what made Baines such a special player and deserving of Cooperstown (5:00). Then, Kittle talks about why he'd "take a bullet" for Baines (13:00), his message to critics who believe Baines shouldn't be in the Hall (17:20) and more. Reinsdorf explains why the committee he was apart of voted Baines into the Hall of Fame (22:00), how tough it was to trade Baines to Texas for Sammy Sosa (24:30), the story behind retiring Baines number a month after trading him (26:10) and more.

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0:00.0	Keep your money local.
0:01.4	Bring it home to a WinTrust Community Bank,
0:03.6	home of White Sox checking with free ATMs nationwide.
0:06.5	Find out more at wintrust.com slash Sox.
0:09.3	Members FDIC.
0:10.5	White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox.
0:14.3	A ball hit deep way back.
0:16.4	Deep to the back.
0:18.2	Holy cow.
0:20.0	Charlton fans has put the White Sox ahead.
0:23.2	Jimenez leaves the ballpark.
0:26.1	You can't put it on board.
0:28.9	Yes.
0:30.0	We got a chance to do something real special.
0:32.1	All right, sit back, relax, and strap him down.
0:34.6	It's time for the White Sox Talk podcast.
0:55.9	Yeah. and strap it down. It's time for the White Sox Talk podcast. That's deep in the center field. Manning going back.
0:57.1	This could be out of here.
0:58.5	Manning looks up.
0:59.8	It's out of here.
1:01.3	A home run for Harold Baines.
1:03.8	The Sox wins 7 to 6 in the longest game in American League history.
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