LAS VEGAS -- Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa calls the arguments against the selection of Harold Baines to the Hall of Fame as "weak-a-- superficial bull----."
La Russa was one of the 16 members of the Today's Game committee that elected Baines and Lee Smith on Sunday. Baines topped out at 6.1 percent during his five years on the BBWAA ballot and his highest finish in MVP voting was ninth place in 1985, making him one of the most stunning -- and controversial -- Hall of Fame selections in years.
La Russa was Baines' manager with the White Sox from 1980 to 1986 and then again in Oakland in 1991 and 1992.