Throughout Wednesday afternoon, the award-winning MLB Network showed Hall of Fame projections for the Class of 2016.
Tim Raines was named on 79.5% of the Baseball Writers of America Association public votes compiled by Ryan Thibodaux on his HoF Vote Tracker.
Then, Raines was at 78.3%, a nice enough cushion over the required 75%. Next he was at 78.1 and then 75.6% showed beside his name.
As he watched the percentage fluctuate, he answered calls from friends and high school chums in Florida, plus minor leaguers in the Blue Jays farm system where he works as a roving minor league instructor.