Is It Finally Rice’s Turn?

This will be Jim Rice’s 14th Hall of Fame ballot vote. So far he is 0-13 and if he loses the next two times he will be removed and his only chance is with the Veteran’s Committee. As a kid growing up I had the Jim Rice Stop & Shop poster on my wall. He was the power hitter of the Red Sox. If you look at his numbers compared to the power numbers of today’s hitters they don’t look that great but he hit 46 HR’s in 1978, before the steroid era. He was the A.L. MVP in 1978 and he is the only player to go three consecutive years with 35 HR’s and 200 hits. He is a long shot to get into the Hall but with a relatively weak class this year he may get in.