That’s why it’s especially amusing that beloved Expos legend Tim Raines has an affinity for actual daytime soaps. “It was my mother’s fault,” Raines tells me with a laugh from a ...

Raines won the National League batting title in 1986, led the league in on-base percentage, stole 70 bases while getting caught only nine times, and made the All-Star team for the sixth ...

On Sept. 29, 2002, at a venue then known as Pro Player Stadium, Tim Raines played the final baseball game of his 23-year career. He reached base once, for the 3,935th and last time, before a ...

Hello BBWAA voter! I hope this letter finds you well. I'm writing today on behalf of Tim Raines' candidacy for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Since you didn't vote for Raines on last year's ballot ...

Before Tim Raines embarked on a Hall of Fame career, he had to forgo his favorite sport. Football. While growing up in Sanford, Raines was as much of a threat as a running back as he was on the ...

For Tim Raines, that moment happened on a recent Wednesday morning in Cooperstown. Erik Strohl, vice president of exhibitions and collections for the Baseball Hall of Fame, had just led Raines ...

"It feels good but I keep telling people, 'Please don't say that I'm in!'" Tim Raines's voice rose an octave with that plea regarding his Hall of Fame chances, just as it did when he paused a ...

This article is more than 7 years old. Tim Raines has been sitting on top of the world since receiving the long overdue phone call from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America welcoming him ...

Baseball Hall of Famer Tim Raines is infusing his love of the game into his twin daughters. Raines is currently managing his daughters, Ava and Amelie, on Arizona’s softball team in the Junior ...

So how amazing is it that on this stunning Wednesday evening in January 2017, the great Tim Raines finds himself celebrating his election to the Hall of Fame? Let's step back and swirl this around ...

Here's a bulletin for you: They don't make leadoff hitters like Tim Raines anymore. Maybe you'd already noticed that. Maybe you hadn't. But I've always thought that the coolest part of voting on ...