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Andre Dawson Deserving of Long Overdue Call From the Hall

By Terence MooreJan 4th 2010 – 3:52PM

Jim Rice's lengthy Hall of Fame snub? Actually, that made sense. His personality was about as pleasant as slurping whatever sits at the bottom of Boston Harbor. Many of those that he offended were voters. So, since he was a marginal candidate anyway for Cooperstown, he wasn't going to make it, or he barely was going to...

Jason Bay Has Options in Free Agency

By Knox BardeenOct 30th 2009 – 3:02PM

The Red Sox have a storied history of long-term, very popular left fielders patrolling the grounds in front of the Green Monster at Fenway Park. Ted Williams spent 16 years in left field for Boston, Carl Yastrzemski lasted 11 and Jim Rice played 12 years. If you add the eight years of Mike Greenwell's tenure and seven...

Did Dave Parker's Drug Use Cost Him a Hall of Fame Spot?

By Pat LackeyAug 26th 2009 – 11:29AM

With only two years of eligibility left on the BBWAA ballot, Dave Parker's chances of getting into the Hall of Fame are looking awfully slim. In this year's balloting, his name only appeared on 15 percent of the writer's ballots, leaving him far shy of the 75 percent needed for induction. Barring a miracle, Parker's best...

MLB Power Rankings: Week 17

By Will BrinsonJul 29th 2009 – 7:00PM

MLB Power Rankings: Where MLB FanHouse's editors, writers and bloggers team up to break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world.The second half of the season is in full swing and lo and behold if capitalism hasn't reared it's ugly head once again. Billy Beane was spun off Matt Holliday (as expected of...

Cooperstown Welcomes Rice, Henderson

By FanHouse NewswireJul 26th 2009 – 6:09PM

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Jim Rice's icy glare melted into a wide smile. Brash, flamboyant Rickey Henderson was humbled by it all. The former left fielders were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday along with the late Joe Gordon, and Henderson, baseball's all-time leading base stealer, was briefly overcome...

jim rice News From the Web

  • 05/31/12 Jim Rice was awesome for the Boston Red Sox Source: Red Sox Locker Before the steroid era, Jim Rice was one of the better power hitters in all of baseball.
  • 05/28/12 Fort Bend ISD board elects new members Source: Fort Bend Now - Fort Bend TX The Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees elected new officers and trustees for the 2012-2013 school year at its May 21 Board meeting.
  • 05/16/12 Incumbents hold seats in state Legislature Source: Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa ID In contested districts, most of the incumbent Republican candidates for the Idaho legislature retained their seats after Tuesday's primary election with one exception: Todd Lakey unseated incumbent Representative Robert Schaefer with 61 percent of the votes in the District 12 Senate race.
  • 05/09/12 Reader's View, candidate rebuttal: Vote for the... Source: Idaho Statesman - Boise ID You have stated that you didnt like Jim Rices vote on the misguided bill that would have required women to undergo an ultrasound before getting an abortion (editorial, May 3).
  • 05/06/12 Jim Rice and Jenna Gordillo Source: Herald & Review - Decatur IL Jenna Gordillo and Jim Rice, both of Perrysburg, Ohio, plan to be married June 23, in St. Rose Catholic Church, Perrysburg.

Background on jim rice

James Edward "Jim" Rice (born March 8, 1953), nicknamed "Jim Ed", is a former Major League Baseball left fielder.

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