Tim Raines
Once again, as a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Pitchers Hit Eighth is casting a ballot for that organization’s symbolic Baseball Hall of Fame voting. Four of us from the site got together on Episode 10 of the Pitchers Hit Eighth podcast this week to go through the ballot name-by-name to come up with […]
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Dennis and Andrew join the show this week to almost make a Pitchers Hit Eighth clean sweep. We discussed EVERY PLAYER on the 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, and whether or not we thought they should get in. Using the consensus opinion from the show as a site-wide vote for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance balloting, […]
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Maybe I’m the only one who feels this way. Maybe I’m not enough of a baseball historian, and what follows could certainly brand me as such. Amongst all of the bickering, name-calling, and endless columns, posts, and Twitter sniping about who belonged in the Hall of Fame from the 2011 ballot – Jack Morris versus […]
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Why the title? Let’s face it. Their names are forever linked. According to Bert Blyleven: “It’s been 14 years of praying and waiting.” Really? If it were me, I’d have a 14 full cuss jars sitting in a room by now. Can you imagine the combination of excitement and relief? Just watch the reactions of the latest round of […]
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Tagged with: b. j. surhoff, Barry Larkin, Bert Blyleven, bret boone, Cooperstown, Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, Hall of Fame, jeff bagwell, Larry Walker, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Roberto Alomar, Tim Raines
Well, the commenting has died down on last week’s ballot discussion posts, so without further ado, we present the Pitchers Hit Eighth ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance‘s 2010 Hall of Fame voting (with links leading to our discussion threads for each player. Roberto Alomar – Robbie was a quick yes vote. His dominance was […]
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Tagged with: Alan Trammell, Andre Dawson, Barry Larkin, Baseball Hall of Fame, Bert Blyleven, Cooperstown, Edgar Martinez, Lee Smith, Mark McGwire, Roberto Alomar, Tim Raines
Tim Raines Nick: Tim Raines led the National League in stolen bases four times. He is currently ranked fifth all-time in stolen bases. Raines also ranks 50th all-time with 1571 runs scored. His 1636 career runs created rank 53rd all-time. “Rock” was a prototypical lead-off hitter for many years – he compares favorably to Hall […]