I don't know if they kept stats for walk o f f homers when Rice played, but I'd be willing to bet that Papi had more in each of the last two seasons than Rice had his whole career.
It wasn't strike-outs that was his Achilles heel--it was the %^&*()$ 6-4-3 DP.
He was a guy who consistently came up small in the clutch, for all of his stats.
Should it keep him out of Cooperstown??--probably not.
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