ARLINGTON, TX - OCTOBER 08: Home plate Tim Welke calls a stopage in play due to rain in the fifth inning of Game One of the American League Championship Series between the Detroit Tigers and the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on October 8, 2011 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Four years ago today, we learned that Gerry Fraley was not voting for Tim Raines for the Hall of Fame because Raines didn't get caught stealing enough.
Raines is a no-doubt Hall of Famer even by "small Hall" standards. The fact that writers twist themselves into knots looking for excuses not to vote for him is bizarre.


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