Excellent group of MLB Hall of Fame inductees this year with Tim Raines, Ivan Rodriquez and Jeff Bagwell. I am particularly pleased about Raines, who is one of my all time favorites. He had a stellar career with the Montreal Expos and along with Andre Dawson, was a standout on 1980′s Expos teams that had several exciting players. I always enjoyed watching Raines when the Expos played the Cubs and I was thrilled when he joined the White Sox (a few years after Dawson had joined the Cubs.) He had some good years with the Sox, although I think he may have been better off without Walt Hrininak as a hitting coach. While Hriniak worked wonders with some players, molding a young Frank Thomas and extending the career of Carlton Fisk by teaching them how to spray the ball to all fields, I thought tinkering with “Rock’s” batting style was a mistake. Raines came to the Sox after a 13 year career at Montreal where as a switch hitter, he had a batting average of .301. He already knew how to use all fields and his speed, so I’m not sure why you would mess with that. Still, in five years with the Sox, he hit .283 with peaks .294 in ‘92 and .306 in ‘93. He finished his 23 year career with a .294 batting average, 2,605 hits, 808 stolen bases, 170 home runs and 980 RBI’s. I know I am more “old school” with baseball stats, but it my book, that is one awesome Hall of Fame career.