No go for Rice and HOF...

[Squid kids Dad]

I know that Larry..But it hasnt helped

[Mike P]

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.

[FittyPoundah]

Yes, according to baseballreference.com, Rice was First in GDP from 82-85 and in the top ten 7 other years. Also, although it is a small smaple size, his postseasons numbers aren't that great.

Originally Posted by Mike P

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.

[MarshCappa]

The guy deserves to be in. He's only got 2 more years left for HOF ballot eligibility so who knows. Only player in the history of the league to average 35 or more homers and 200 hits in a 3 year span.......STEROID FREE! The press should have no say or vote for who gets in the hall. Too many grudge holding old farts with votes keeping him out. It's a crock. He'd be voted in by the players and coaches.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by MarshCappa

The guy deserves to be in. He's only got 2 more years left for HOF ballot eligibility so who knows. Only player in the history of the league to average 35 or more homers and 200 hits in a 3 year span.......STEROID FREE! The press should have no say or vote for who gets in the hall. Too many grudge holding old farts with votes keeping him out. It's a crock. He'd be voted in by the players and coaches.

Players and coaches don't get a vote, unless they're on the Veterans' Committee. And the Committee isn't all that big. I believe they're a handful of existing Hall of Famers.

Initial HOF vote is done by the members of the Baseball Writers of America--ie, the press. Each major league city has a number of writers who have a vote. Boston writers couldn't possibly keep Rice out all on their own

The Veterans' Committee can only consider players after their eligbility for election by the writers is over.

[BigBo]

He'll get in for sure next year. There's no one else that good coming up next year for votes.

[striperondafly]

he deserves in!!!!

who cares if he hated the media they should not take that into consideration! it shoud be about what he did on the field

[Raider Ronnie]

I think he's a border line hall of famer!
Hit into a LOT of double plays and a lot of his homeruns where with a lead in a game! not many game winners!
Had he carried the team even world series win like Ortiz did, he would have been in for a while now!