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BigFish · 04-17-2006, 09:24 PM

Oh....and I gotta mention that Jim Rice could out hit/slug Pappi any day and 2 times on Sunday! Oh how so many forget the quality of hitter that Jim Rice was.....power and average! I am not talking 40 homers and a .300 average and 170 hits....I am talking 45 homers, 145 rbi and 200 hits with a .330 average....Rice also had over 400 total bases in 1978 and it was the first time anyone had done that in many, many years.......I don't know if it has been done since either.

I will give Big Pappi the clutch hitter nod over Rice though. Rice was not nearly as good a hitter in the clutch as Ortiz....though I think Yaz was at least as good in the clutch.

Mike P · 04-17-2006, 10:04 PM

Good thing I read all of your post before responding Larry, because I seem to remember that Rice hit a lot of those dingers when the Sox were up like 8-3, and damn few when they were down one with a man on second

BigFish · 04-17-2006, 10:38 PM

Amen to that Mike....Rice was still the most dominant hitter of my youth!

Raider Ronnie · 04-18-2006, 05:37 AM

Let me change what I said!
David Ortiz is the greatest Red Sox player I ever seen play!

I never saw Ted play, but I know he never won it all !

vineyardblues · 04-18-2006, 06:56 AM

BF, did you look up all that info ?
I agree with just about everything your saying, and would like to add
to the JIm Rice thingy, Jim was a great Ball player who I think got the wrong end of the stick from Boston, Not sure if you remember when they were going to honor him with a Jim Rice Day? And still as of this day he can't get in the hall of Fame.
JIm lived in my town most of the time he played for the Sox. He still may live their I have no idea
VB

BigFish · 04-18-2006, 07:04 AM

What info are you wondering about? Most of it is dead accurate....the rest is ballpark close. Rice is a .298 career hitter which is exceptional for a power hitter. Career high of 46 homers, 139 rbi and batted .315 with 219 hits and 406 total bases when he won the MVP in 1978.

Ron....many of the greatest players in sports never won it all....and it shouldn't reflect on where they stand in terms of their individual greatness.......do we have to go down the Dan Marino highway again?