Good on the Sox.
They announced that Harold Baines, personally one of my favorite White Sox player of my generation, will be immortalized with a life-sized statue outside the Cell. The unveiling of the statue will take place July 22 of this year.
I’ve never been a fan of the DH but despite that, Harold Baines amazed me with the way he kept coming back year after year. Some of us have forgotten that he was a decent fielder and even an ok baserunner before knee problems got in the way. Regardless, Baines made a career out of the designated hitter.
He is the seventh Sox player to have a likeness erected on the concourse near centerfield. He will join Charles A. Comiskey, Minnie Minoso, Carlton Fisk, Luis Aparicio, Nellie Fox and Bill Pierce.
For his 22-year career, Baines hit .289 with 384 homeruns and 1628 rbis.