blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com - 1/12/2009
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As you may have heard, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice both made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Henderson was a no-brainer, given his dominance of so many statistical categories in Ty Cobb-esque form. Rice's inclusion was a nailbiter, with him barely getting through in his ...
soxanddawgs.com - 1/14/2009
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soxanddawgs.com —
The newest Baseball Hall of Famers, Rickey Henderson
and former Boston Red Sox great Jim Rice, had...
a busy day yesterday as in the morning they were in New York City for a press conference. Later on, they went over to Ed Sullivan Theater to be on “The Late Show With David Letterman” to do the Top ...
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Rickey Henderson And Jim Rice Do Top 10 on Letterman
sports.espn.go.com - 1/12/2009
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NEW YORK -- Rickey Henderson dashed into the
Hall of Fame on his first try. Jim Rice...
made it with a final swing. It's hard to imagine their induction speeches will have much in common, either. "I'm going to leave all the stories to Rickey," Rice said, ...
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Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice voted into Baseball Hall of Fame
dailymotion.com - 1/14/2009
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Jim Rice
Cursed To First - Sox and Pats forever. —
... least that all or a majority of voters could be that spiteful for that long. And the fact of the matter is that at best, Jim Rice's numbers put him on the bubble. No, what I think changed between the last round of HoF voting and this one is a little thing called the Mitchell Report. Want proof? While Rice finally squeaked in this year with a lifetime .298 / .352 / .502, another player with .263 / .394 / .588 was snubbed this year. That second man's name? Mark McGwire. Ultimately, in a year of steroids, the clean-hitting man is King. ...
Guess Who Is Still Not In The Hall Of Fame [Mlb]
Deadspin —
... . But for most, it's a reverse protest vote against ... what exactly? Because he didn't tell you what you wanted to hear at that Congressional hearing, even though you don't even know what you wanted to hear and, honestly, you didn't want to hear it anyway. You didn't want to hear it in 1998 and you don't want to hear it now. I don't see any of the people crying about the inflated numbers of the late '90s and '00s lining up to reward Don Mattingly or ...
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Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: January Thaw
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Jim Rice ‘Restless’ but not about Hall
bostonherald.com 1/9/2009 — S ay this about Jim Rice: He was never much of a politician as a player and he has never been much of a politician as an ex-player. This is why those members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, who each year are entrusted with determining ...
A Jim Rice Post (sorry)
walksaber.blogspot.com 12/16/2008 — I really don’t want this to be about Jim Rice or the Hall of Fame, but you may not believe me if you keep reading. What I really want to do here is make a point, and Rice just happens to serve as the example. However, the Hall of Fame debates are near ...
The Murph
joeposnanski.com 1/13/2009 — I have some Hall of Fame reaction, of course. But first, I had this ready to roll when Rice got in.
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Now that Jim Rice is in the Baseball Hall of Fame, I want to ask my fellow voters to take a very, very hard look at Dale Murphy. I have ...
Celizic: Don't talk to me about Rice's numbers - Baseball
nbcsports.msnbc.com 1/13/2009 — For me, there wasn’t any question about Jim Rice being a Hall of Famer. Year after year, I voted for him in the annual vote by the Baseball Writers Association of America. And year after year, the best hitter of his generation fell short of election. ...
Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice elected to Hall of Fame —
Examiner Sports 1/12/2009
Rickey Henderson sped his way into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot Monday, and Jim Rice made it in on his 15th and final try. Henderson, baseball's career leader in runs scored and stolen bases, received 94.8 percent of the vote from the Baseball ...
