According to Baseball-reference.com, Jim Rice’s career most closely matches the career of Orlando Cepeda with a 911 score. The higher the score the closer the match. Cepeda is in the HOF. Interestingly, other players with whom Rice supposedly compares are….
Andres Galarraga (893)
Ellis Burks (882)
Duke Snider (880) *
Joe Carter (864)
Dave [...]
0 comments January 12 2006 | Mike T | Discussion
You’re right – I never wanted Rice in to begin with! Good call on Dale Murphy! I admired Dale Murphy as a player. Good guy, good defensively, an excellent baserunner. I view him a little in the Mattingly or even Roger Maris category although Murphy played longer than Mattingly. He [...]
0 comments January 12 2006 | Russ | Discussion
Wait a minute… How would you compare Rice to Dale Murphy who had 2 MVP’s , 398 HR’s, 5 gold gloves, etc.
I’m not saying I like Murphy better… maybe both don’t belong in the HOF.
0 comments January 12 2006 | Joe | Discussion
Stop the Press! After further consideration I may be inclined to reverse my opinion on Jim Rice which I have never done before. I know everyone is riveted to their seats on this. : )
My initial thought on Rice was he was very, very good and a tough case. He [...]
0 comments January 12 2006 | Russ | Discussion
As time marches on and old sportswriters begin to die and younger generation sportswriters take their place, the “reliever” section of the HOF will grow. Given that baseball has been around for approximately 165 years (Doubleday allegedly invented the game in 1839) and the modern closer has only been around for the last 30 [...]
0 comments January 12 2006 | Mike T | Discussion
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