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 :: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 ::Will this be the year??  Will this be the year that Jim Rice gets into the Hall of Fame?
 
 Look at his stats: He retired in 1989 with a career .298 average, 382 homers, 2,452 hits, and 1,451 RBIs.
 He was an eight time All-Star who played 16 seasons, all with the Boston Red Sox. He batted over .300 seven times, hit more than 20 homers 11 times (four times he hit 39 or more) and drove in 102 or more runs in eight seasons.
 
 Jim Ed Rice won the AL MVP in 1978 and finished in the top five for MVP voting five other times. In his 1978 MVP season he had a.315 average, 46 homers and 139 RBIs. In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s he was one of the most feared hitters in the league.
 
 It’s time for the Baseball HOF voters to do the right thing and send Jim Rice to Cooperstown where he belongs.
 
 
:: posted by Al on 1/08/2008 12:27:00 PM ::
 
 
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