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The Case for Tim Raines’ Induction Into Cooperstown

Posted: 1st January 2010 by joel kirstein in MLB
Here's a little known fact but still a staggering total in its proportion: Did you know only 40 Major League Baseball players in history have reached base 4,000 times? Did you know Tim Raines is one of the 40? As such Tim Raines deserves induction into the Hall of Fame. Critics argue he was a base stealer and nothing more. He played in Rickey Henderson's distant shadow...Not so! This the case ...