Comments on: Tim Raines, A Hall of Famer in My Book! http://doin-work.com/2010/01/05/tim-raines-a-hall-of-famer-in-my-book/ It came from an e-mail thread Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:37:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Monday Morning Randomness « Doin Work http://doin-work.com/2010/01/05/tim-raines-a-hall-of-famer-in-my-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:36:11 +0000 http://doin-work.com/?p=2506#comment-1412 [...] Tim Raines, A Hall of Famer in My Book! [...]

]]> By: The State of Play ……… What Irks You About Sports At Present ? « tophatal’s blog http://doin-work.com/2010/01/05/tim-raines-a-hall-of-famer-in-my-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1373 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:39:31 +0000 http://doin-work.com/?p=2506#comment-1373 [...] within this forum, chappy 81 of doin’-work.com wrote a very good article as to the enshrinement of Tim Raines into Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Whilst this was all laudable as to Raines being [...]

]]> By: tophatal http://doin-work.com/2010/01/05/tim-raines-a-hall-of-famer-in-my-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:52:09 +0000 http://doin-work.com/?p=2506#comment-1368 chappy 81

It doesn’t a degree in calculus to figure this crap out concerning the voting in baseball’s Hall of Fame. And as far as I’m concerned the BBWAA lacks real credibility when it comes adjudicating the players. On the veterans’ side they tend to get it right more often than not.

This time with Dawson they were merely righting an egregious wrong as he should’ve been enshrined a long time ago.

Alan Parkins

]]> By: chappy81 http://doin-work.com/2010/01/05/tim-raines-a-hall-of-famer-in-my-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1367 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:09:27 +0000 http://doin-work.com/?p=2506#comment-1367 Wow, I think the guy who commented on your last years post did a better job than me in making a case! I seriously doubt he’ll ever get in. They need to change the voting so there’s at least two a year getting in. One guy, Andre Dawson gets in. Lame… I’m guessing his enshrinement day will be Andre Dawson day in Chicago!

]]> By: classic17 http://doin-work.com/2010/01/05/tim-raines-a-hall-of-famer-in-my-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1354 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:00:32 +0000 http://doin-work.com/?p=2506#comment-1354 Great article. We had some commenters get pretty fired up over Raines last year at this time. I’m not sure what it is that makes Raines get overlooked. Probably character like you said, maybe because he played the vast majority of his career in Montreal. His stats also went into a pretty odd decline after he turned 27.

Since he’s only getting 22-25% of the vote, I can’t help but think most voters are just dismissing him without much thought. He definitely belongs in the discussion more than he is at present. Whether he actually deserves the Hall…well, if he gets in I’d be fine with it, if he doesn’t I’d be okay, too.

]]> By: chappy81 http://doin-work.com/2010/01/05/tim-raines-a-hall-of-famer-in-my-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1353 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:25:22 +0000 http://doin-work.com/?p=2506#comment-1353 Sad but true. I liked your piece! Solid stuff, I think your right the Hall does look at how a person acted a little too much…

]]> By: tophatal http://doin-work.com/2010/01/05/tim-raines-a-hall-of-famer-in-my-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1348 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:01:51 +0000 http://doin-work.com/?p=2506#comment-1348

The longer guys like Raines are still on the ballot the harder it becomes for them to enter into Cooperstown. With each fresh new crop of what the BBWAA deems are more worthy candidates the less likely it will be for him. See what has happened with Andre Dawson over the years.

Hall of Famer of Flamer ? Let’s Play The Game ….

Alan Parkins

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