Rice's credentials up for consideration
Published 1/3/2008 by Ian Browne at Major League Baseball News
Jim Rice, the lethal Sox slugger that instilled so much fear in opposing pitchers, is making his 14th attempt at gaining entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame. If Rice doesn't get elected in 2008, he'll have just one more crack at the BBWAA ballot.
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