Baseball Hall of Famer Tim Raines is passing on his love of baseball to his twin daughters.
Raines currently coaches his daughters Ava and Amelie on the Arizona softball team that is competing in the Junior League World Series.
Goodyear manager Tim Raines has played in two MLB World Series and coached in another, and he will be coaching his junior softball team and his daughters in the Little League Junior Softball World Series. pic.twitter.com/STNKHpbyr3
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Tim Raines coaches his daughters’ softball team. Screenshot
“It feels great,” Raines said last week after his team from Goodyear, Arizona, topped the Western Division and clinched a spot in the World Series.
“I never played in Little League growing up, so I’m really happy to be able to give my daughters the opportunity to go to Little League as well.”
Raines, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017, was a seven-time All-Star and was part of the Yankees’ World Series winning teams in 1996 and 1998.
Tim Raines won two World Series with the Yankees. Getty Images
MLB Hall of Famer Tim Raines still enjoys baseball by leading a junior league softball team with his twin daughters, Amelie and Ava, in Goodyear, which is competing in the Arizona Junior Softball Tournament at Arthur Pack. pic.twitter.com/EMOm9xLpk5
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He was also the first base coach when the White Sox won the World Series in 2005.
When asked what he could tell the girls’ team, Rains replied, “Well, they’re young. In my experience, it’s hard to coach 12- and 13-year-olds, but they’re here to play. We haven’t lost a game since day one. Now we’re going to play some tough competition.”
His daughters will be in the second year of junior high school.
Tim Raines was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017. Getty Images
Raines played for the Expos, White Sox and Yankees during his MLB career from 1979-2002, as well as brief stints with the Athletics, Orioles and Marlins.
