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 Ellsbury quickly (and quietly) approaches Major League Baseball record
Ellsbury quickly (and quietly) approaches Major League Baseball record
Jacoby Ellsbury is quickly (and quietly) approaching a Major League Baseball record held by future Hall of Famer Tim Raines.
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 Debate: Is Tim Raines a Hall of Famer?
Debate: Is Tim Raines a Hall of Famer?
Nice little discussion between ESPN's Jayson Stark and Peter Gammons on Raines' Hall of Fame worthiness.
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 Rangers Continue Search For Pitching Help
Rangers Continue Search For Pitching Help
The Texas Rangers, now minus prospective #5 starter Edinson Volquez, are once again in the market for a veteran pitcher to aid the back end of their questionable starting rotation. Might the likes of Bartolo Colon, Jason Jennings or Josh Towers be an answer to their prayers?
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: Part of the Business of Sports Network - Interview - Jacques Doucet - Announcer, Montreal Expos
C: Gary Carter 1B: Andres Gallaraga 2B: Jose Vidro 3B: Tim Wallach SS: Orlando Cabrera OF: Vladimir Guerrero, Tim Raines, Andre Dawson Bench: Darrin Fletcher, Tony Perez, Ron Hunt, Chris Speier, Larry Walker, Marquis Grissom, Ellis Valentine Pitchers: ...
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Cooperstown needs a piece of “The Rock”
The Hall of Fame should let a former king of the Expos start his Raine(s)
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 Woody Paige Is Thorough
Woody Paige Is Thorough
Rob Neyer and Keith Law don't get into the BBWAA , and thus don't get a Hall of Fame vote, because they don't attend enough baseball games. Woody Page is a BBWAA member , and get a HoF vote, for reasons that are entirely beyond me. Now, Woody is ...
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 How Rollins’ Rare Feat Stacks Up Historically
How Rollins’ Rare Feat Stacks Up Historically
If you haven’t been paying attention this year, Jimmy Rollins is having a special year on the base paths. With just two games remaining before the All-Star break, J-Roll has recorded the fourth most stolen bases without getting caught. With 22 steals in 22 tries, Rollins needs to make it through two more games to finish behind...
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TIM RAINES - HALL OF FAME, 2008
ANALYSIS Leadoff Hitters Tom M. Tango Tim Raines is regarded first and foremost as a leadoff hitter. But is being considered one of the greatest leadoff hitters of all-time enough to warrant being in the Hall of Fame? In order to answer that ...
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 Jay Jaffe: Tim Raines is most deserving Hall candidate
Jay Jaffe: Tim Raines is most deserving Hall candidate
When the votes come in for the next Hall of Fame class, Tim Raines most likely will be overlooked. BP's Jay Jaffe argues that "Rock" should be the top name on every ballot.
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30 Rock
Four years ago yesterday, I wrote my first article on Bert Blyleven . It was designed to raise the awareness of Blyleven's qualifications for the Hall of Fame. I have added about 20 pieces since then, including more statistical evidence , ...
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 Raines: 'I played the game with excitement, focus'
Raines: 'I played the game with excitement, focus'
ESPN's Jonah Keri talks to Tim Raines about his Hall of Fame chances, Rickey Henderson, Jose Reyes, and more.
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 Gossage Elected To Hall Of Fame; Rangers Close In On Guardado
Gossage Elected To Hall Of Fame; Rangers Close In On Guardado
Legendary reliever Rich "Goose" Gossage has been elected to the Hall of Fame - but are there more deserving players who have been unjustly left behind?
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 Activities for Tuesday DHL FanFest Announced
Activities for Tuesday DHL FanFest Announced
Following are events and attractions taking place on Tuesday, July 15th at the DHL All-Star FanFest in the Jacob K. Javits Center: ♦ “Rules of the Game” - The Art of Umpiring (10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.): Join former National League umpire Rich Rieker and Chris Jones from Major League Baseball Umpiring Camps for a clinic on umpiring on The Aquafina Diamond ♦ ...
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The path to Cooperstown: Tim Raines and the Tablesetters
Dan compares Tim Raines to other tablesetters through history.
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BASEBALL: The Hall Feels The Need For Speed
Goose Gossage goes in - Rice just misses - Dawson finishes third. Vote totals to follow; WFAN says 72% for Rice, 65% for Dawson. My case for the Goose here . Full voting here . Six Year Voting Trend: PLAYER 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008  ...
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2008 Hall of Fame
Who deserves to make the Hall of Fame this year?  It's sort of a down year for new arrivals with Tim Raines being the only new player on the ballot with a chance.  Last year the writers had it easy because Gwynn and Ripken Jr. were locks and it could be argued that they took all the votes.  This year someone has to make it because the Hall won't have a year with no ...
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Ugh
Okay, fine. More fun from Heyman . 3. Andre Dawson . On ravaged knees, he made eight All-Star teams, hit 438 home runs, drove home 1,591 runs, won eight Gold Gloves and finished in the top two in MVP voting three times, winning for the last-place ...
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 Jayson Stark's HOF Ballot
Jayson Stark's HOF Ballot
Gossage, Rice, Raines, Dawson, Murphy, Morris, Blyleven, and Mark McGwire
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Where Does Chipper Jones Rank All Time?
Chipper Jones is chasing down immortals like Mike Schmidt, Eddie Mathews, George Brett, Wade Boggs, Mickey Mantle, Pete Rose, Eddie Murray and Tim Raines and shouldn’t bother looking back to see if a mere mortal like David Wright is nipping at his heels.
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Is 'The Hawk' or 'The Rock' the lock?...
Let’s deal with what I like to call ‘eyeball runs’ (my pseudonym for a better known measure) An ‘eyeball run’ is something that appears on the scoreboard--if you make contact and a runner crosses the plate (except in the case of a double play)--that’s an ‘eyeball run’ … likewise if you’re the player to cross home plate. Although it’s more tangible, it’s also more crude simply because it ...

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