joeposnanski.com - 1/13/2009
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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 waited for a few years now for someone to emerge ...
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bizofbaseball.com - 1/12/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
Jim Rice was interviewed by phone live with
Greg Amsinger, Harold Reynolds, Barry Larkin, Tom Verducci and...
Jon Heyman on MLB Network today, just a few minutes after his election to the Hall of Fame was announced. Here are some excerpts. ON GETTING INDUCTED IN HIS 15TH AND FINAL YEAR ON THE ...
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Jim Rice Interview Highlights From MLB Network
bizofbaseball.com - 1/13/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
Each year, debates rage as to who should
or should not be on the Hall of Fame...
ballot, and who is deserving of inclusion. It also outlines the votes themselves, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), and trends in the voting process (i.e. will players in the "steroid era" ...
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Site Update: Hall of Fame Voting Details
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Making sense of the Jim Rice Hall of Fame selection
Red Sox Monster —
... this year? Those are the actions of a man trying to ingratiate himself with voters, and if it worked, good for him. The sad part is that he had to do it at all. In an era in which 40 home runs was a monster season, Rice was a beast, winning one Most Valuable Player award in 1978 and finishing in the top five in voting for the award five other seasons in a span of 12 years. In an interesting turn of events, the well-respected Joe Posnanski has used Rice's pending induction to begin a campaign to get former Braves great Dale Murphy enshrined in the future. I agree ...
Does He Deserve A Cooperstown Spot?
FirstCuts —
... put it: "Rice’s honor is about late baby boomer sportswriters a little bit fazed, a little bit daunted, by the objectivist revolution in baseball validating their own youth, their own memories, their own relevance." Where more stats-inclined, younger, baseball fans saw Rice's low on-base percentage, poor defense, and counting stats aided by a favorable context, people of Rice's age tended to focus more on his myth. So to explicitly put the three late-'70s Boston outfielders together, as on ...
Wednesday Wangdoodles
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... . Really, though, can you blame him? • And then there's Dale Murphy: two-time MVP, Gold Glove center fielder and all-around good guy. Joe Posnanski makes the case . • ...
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