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I know Rice has HOF numbers, but those of us who saw him play have this recollection of him hitting a lot of home runs and driving in a lot of runs when the Sox were up 8-3, and being Mr. 6-4-3 when there were runners on with the game on the line. That and the fact he was an absolute #^&#^&#^&#^& in the clubhouse and to the writers and fans probably accounts for why he's gonna have to wait for the Veterans' Committee to vote him in.
Eck? Not on the first ballot. Not when his most famous moment was serving up a gopher to a guy who could hardly walk to the plate in the 88 Series. Sutter, Gossage and even Lee Smith have as much a claim to the Hall as Eck.
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