[Chris Daddy Cool]

mondo,

you make a lot of mention about rice playing in a pitcher's era but i don't think you've mentioned once that he played at fenway his whole career.

also saying that raines always came short of rickey henderson is kind of silly, EVERYBODY came up short to rickey henderson.

fwiw, i think raines was better than rice objectively and subjectively. partly because i love watching guys runs. also dude stuck around long enough to play ball with son! what's not to love?!

another fwiw, that doesn't necessarily mean i don't think rice should get in, but simply if rice gets in, there's no reason why raines shouldn't get in.