This past week, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez were two of the three players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rodriguez played two seasons with the Washington Nationals while Raines spent 13 of his 23 seasons in Montreal, playing for the Expos.
Throughout the last few days, many Washington Nationals fans were happy for Rodriguez, who was a good mentor to the younger players and still provided strong defense behind the plate at age 38 and 39 (2010 and 2011). However, there wasn’t the same level of excitement by Nats fans for Raines.