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Old 12-01-2008, 08:30 PM   #26
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Re: HoF ballot released...
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Originally Posted by snepp
The flip side to this is if Rice gets in it could make it easier for Raines, because he *should* be viewed as the better player.

Similar career OPS+, superior defensive value, vastly superior value on the bases. Raines over Rice shouldn't even be a question, but unfortunately he wasn't "feared."
The stupid "feared" comment in defense of Rice always makes me want to go postal on someone.

I don't mind if you post his decade numbers and say that's why he was a Hall of Famer. I can at least understand a person's argument there.

But, you're right, every writer in his defense always talks about how during a decade he was the most feared hitter in baseball.

Soon we'll be reading about Eckstein being a Hall of Famer because of his grit.
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