Rock On!

I touched a little bit about Tim Raines before with the Hall of Fame. I don't need to any longer as The Hardball Times has started to argue for Raines better than I or anyone else could. Today was just a teaser article, and more is expected tomorrow they say. Ricky Henderson is a shoe-in for the hall and since Raines is comparable but worse than Ricky, I wonder if that really decreases his value. It's unfair to compare to Raines' totals to Henderson's and then say he doesn't deserve it, Ricky is a one of a kind. A better comparison that Hardball Times does is compare Raines to a guy who according to most will get into the hall this year, Jim Rice. They aren't similar players, but the stats show that Raines is a better player and that's all that matters. If Rice gets in Raines should get in, at least at some point.