The day has finally arrived for Tim Raines. After 10 years on the ballot, the Expos basestealer extraordinaire and two-time World Series champion with the Yankees has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame with 86% of the vote. It’s extremely gratifying that he made it this year too, as 2017 was his final year of eligibility under the Hall of Fame’s new rules. Even with all the advanced stats that like Raines, it always puzzled me that a man with 808 career stolen bases struggled to attain this honor. No more!
Raines isn’t alone either.