A Hall Of Fame Vote For Jim Rice…From A Yankees Fan
January 12, 2009 3:03 PMAs everyone who rooted for the New York Yankees in the 1970s knows, there would have been no great rivalry with the Boston Red Sox had the name Jim Rice been missing from the lineup.
While some in baseball are arguing that Rice’s career statistics are borderline (and below), there can be little disputing his integral contribution to the Red Sox of the 1970s and 1980s.
Beyond the statistics, one also has to take a player’s “level of dominance” during a particular area. I would wager that Rice’s name would have ranked lowest on the list of batters which Yankee pitchers in the 1970s would have liked to have faced.
Here is a video of his 200th home run at Fenway Park on June 13th, 1998 – his second of the game and hit appropriately enough against the Yankees. Turn the sound down if you don’t want to listen to Joe Morgan.
Your man made it in! I guess 15th time is the charm. Congratulations to Jim Rice and all of the Boston Red Sox Nation.
Comment by TheUmpire — Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 11:04 PM
As a loyal Yankee Fan I still enjoy great baseball players. Jim Rice was a great baseball player and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. It is about time. I still have a baseball I caught that was his by Jim Rice during a Yankee/Bosox game. Only need a signature and it will be all good.
Comment by John Trask — Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 2:43 PM