Why has Tim Raines been overlooked thus far for Hall of Fame admission?
"Now batting for the Baltimore Crocketts, Tim Raines." It's the bottom of the ninth and Raines steps into the box, digs his toe in the dirt, and waits. He's 2-for-3 today against Koufax, with a clean steal of second. A hit will put the winning run on base. Here comes the pitch..."
And that was how we spent our winter in 1986. That year, my best friend and I discovered the joys of Strat-o-matic baseball, an ingenious game where each player has a card with all possible outcomes based on actual statistics.