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I think it was a given that Lee Smith was going to end up in the HoF at some point.
Baines blows my mind, but this is likely a case of La Russa and Reinsdorf looking out for one of their guys.
The committee is a joke and the entire Veteran's Committee or Eras Committee or whatever they want to call it in future has long outlived its usefulness. The initial concept was a sound idea. Get the guys that slipped through the cracks as our understanding of the value of players increased. Keeping it together as an annual voting body at this point serves no purpose other than to make sure committee member agendas are met.
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