My Baseball Hall Of Fame Vote

Well, it’s that time of year again, and it's time to start the big Baseball Hall of Fame debate. On the 2008 ballot, there are 23 different names. Let's take a look and say whom we think should get in, and who comes up short. First, let's look at the players returning to the ballot: (in order of most votes last year) Jim Rice A veteran of 16 seasons with the Boston Red Sox, Rice was one of the most feared right handed bats in the American League. He was an eight-time All-Star, who won the 1978 AL MVP award, finished with 382 HR, 1451 RBI and a .298 batting average. Rice led the league in slugging percentage twice, hits once, total bases four times, triples once, RBI twice and home runs three times. He also had several finishes in the top three in many different categories. Rice’s biggest argument against seems to be his relationship with the media. Other than that, I don’t really see much argument against Rice, he should merit a vote to get in. In his final year of ... (link)