Jim Rice
Maybe I’m the only one who feels this way. Maybe I’m not enough of a baseball historian, and what follows could certainly brand me as such. Amongst all of the bickering, name-calling, and endless columns, posts, and Twitter sniping about who belonged in the Hall of Fame from the 2011 ballot – Jack Morris versus […]
Posted in: Baseball Hall of Fame,Former Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Alan Trammell, Barry Larkin, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Benito Santiago, Bert Blyleven, Bobby Higginson, Carlos Baerga, Cooperstown, Dale Murphy, Don Mattingly, Edgar Martinez, jeff bagwell, Jim Caple, Jim Rice, Kirk Rueter, Larry Walker, Lee Smith, Lenny Harris, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Roberto Alomar, ron santo, Tim Raines
Edgar Martinez Nick: As a National League honk – I’m inclined to just dismiss any player that was primarily a Designated Hitter out of hand. As a baseball fan, I know that I would be dismissed out of hand by fans of the American League. Just because I don’t like the Designated Hitter in baseball […]
Posted in: Baseball Bloggers Alliance,Baseball Hall of Fame
Tagged with: Andre Dawson, designated hitter, Edgar Martinez, Frank Thomas, Hall of Fame, Hall of Famer, Jim Rice, MLB All-Star Game, NL MVP, Ozzie Smith, Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Roberto Alomar, Todd Helton
[Over the next few days, Josh and I will be discussing the Hall of Fame merits of the players on this year’s ballot for the purpose of creating our ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance HoF voting.] Andre Dawson Nick: I’ll let you lead off on this one – I don’t even know where to […]
Posted in: Baseball Bloggers Alliance,Baseball Hall of Fame
Tagged with: Andre Dawson, Barry Bonds, Dave Winfield, Ernie Banks, Hall of Fame, Harold Baines, Jim Rice, MLB MVP Award, Ryne Sandberg, Tony Perez, Willie Mays, Wrigley Field