“Harold Baines is a Hall of Famer. In the ’80s and ’90s in almost all of the stats that people trust, he was in the Top Five — for 20 years. He drove in 100 runs late in his career and he drove them in early. Game-winning RBIs, he’s up there with the best of the best. He had a very distinguished career.”
— Hall of Fame skipper Tony LaRussa, who managed Baines with both the White Sox and the A’s
“He was just so clutch. You’re going to get a lot of great comments about Harold, but that’s the u21161 thing you’re going to hear over and over.