Rice doesnt get the call

[Tek04]

Bruce Sutter was the only player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Today

 

[gosox613]

:thumbdown :wtf: :shock: :rant:

[pats55sox45]

i just saw it, such bull

[Redguitar985]

Man, what does the guy have to do? And this year was his best shot!

[Plumpamania]

:thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown :rant: :rant: :rant: :shock: :shock: :shock:

[riverside sluggers]

Rice has just 3 chances left, after that he wont have a chance again to be considered...

[Plumpamania]

Rice has just 3 chances left, after that he wont have a chance again to be considered...

 

Yea you will. Vetrans committee can always vote him in.

[gosox613]

unless he gets on the veterans committee ballot

[ORS]

Sutter? He wasn't even the best RP on the ballot. Goes to show that those that write about the sport don't really know jack about the sport.

 

Speaking of which, check out the ballots of the ESPN crew. ESPN.com's HOF Ballot

 

Look at the bottom three ballots. Albert Belle? Dale Murphy? Lee Smith? but those voters didn't vote for anyone else. What a farce.

[sarasoxfan]

I want to know how walt weiss got a vote. Is Mrs. Weiss a sports writer?

[Moose]

[b]Bruce Sutter    400   	76.9[/b]
Jim Rice 	337 	64.8
Rich Gossage 	336 	64.6
Andre Dawson 	317 	61.0
Bert Blyleven 	277 	53.3
Lee Smith 	234 	45.0
Jack Morris 	214 	41.2
Tommy John 	154 	29.6
Steve Garvey 	135 	26.0
Alan Trammell 	92 	17.7
Dave Parker 	76 	14.4
Dave Concepcion 65 	12.5
Don Mattingly 	64 	12.3
Orel Hershiser 	58 	11.2
Dale Murphy 	56 	10.8
Albert Belle 	40 	7.7
[i]Will Clark 	23 	4.4
Dwight Gooden 	17 	3.3
Willie McGee 	12 	2.3
Hal Morris 	5 	1.0
Ozzie Guillen 	5 	1.0
Gary Gaetti 	4 	0.8
John Wetteland 	4 	0.8
Rick Aguilera 	3 	0.6
Doug Jones 	2 	0.4
Greg Jefferies 	2 	0.4
Walt Weiss 	1 	0.2
Gary DiSarcina 	0 	0.0
Alex Fernandez 	0 	0.0[/i]

 

Wow, still no Jim Rice.

[DrewDaGreat]

Booooooooooooooo!!!

[Beckett95]

[b]Bruce Sutter    400   	76.9[/b]
Jim Rice 	337 	64.8
Rich Gossage 	336 	64.6
Andre Dawson 	317 	61.0
Bert Blyleven 	277 	53.3
Lee Smith 	234 	45.0
Jack Morris 	214 	41.2
Tommy John 	154 	29.6
Steve Garvey 	135 	26.0
Alan Trammell 	92 	17.7
Dave Parker 	76 	14.4
Dave Concepcion 65 	12.5
Don Mattingly 	64 	12.3
Orel Hershiser 	58 	11.2
Dale Murphy 	56 	10.8
Albert Belle 	40 	7.7
[i]Will Clark 	23 	4.4
Dwight Gooden 	17 	3.3
Willie McGee 	12 	2.3
Hal Morris 	5 	1.0
Ozzie Guillen 	5 	1.0
Gary Gaetti 	4 	0.8
John Wetteland 	4 	0.8
Rick Aguilera 	3 	0.6
Doug Jones 	2 	0.4
Greg Jefferies 	2 	0.4
Walt Weiss 	1 	0.2
Gary DiSarcina 	0 	0.0
Alex Fernandez 	0 	0.0[/i]

 

Wow, still no Jim Rice.

 

Gary DiSarcina, Walt Weiss???

[stocker323]

Gary DiSarcina, Walt Weiss???

 

Well those people are automatically on the ballot I believe because they had 10 years of MLB service. DiSarcina didn't get a vote but who the hell voted for Walt Weiss?

[Redguitar985]

[b]Bruce Sutter    400   	76.9[/b]
Jim Rice 	337 	64.8
Rich Gossage 	336 	64.6
Andre Dawson 	317 	61.0
Bert Blyleven 	277 	53.3
Lee Smith 	234 	45.0
Jack Morris 	214 	41.2
Tommy John 	154 	29.6
Steve Garvey 	135 	26.0
Alan Trammell 	92 	17.7
Dave Parker 	76 	14.4
Dave Concepcion 65 	12.5
Don Mattingly 	64 	12.3
Orel Hershiser 	58 	11.2
Dale Murphy 	56 	10.8
Albert Belle 	40 	7.7
[i]Will Clark 	23 	4.4
Dwight Gooden 	17 	3.3
Willie McGee 	12 	2.3
Hal Morris 	5 	1.0
Ozzie Guillen 	5 	1.0
Gary Gaetti 	4 	0.8
John Wetteland 	4 	0.8
Rick Aguilera 	3 	0.6
Doug Jones 	2 	0.4
Greg Jefferies 	2 	0.4
Walt Weiss 	1 	0.2
Gary DiSarcina 	0 	0.0
Alex Fernandez 	0 	0.0[/i]

 

Wow, still no Jim Rice.

 

Don Mattingly? Shouldn't he be higher than that? Is this his first year on the ballot?

[BoSox Rule]

Not only should Will Clark still be on the ballot, he should be making a speech this summer. Rice doesn't deserve it I hate to say it.

 

And Blyleven!!!!! COME ON!!!

[RedSoxRooter]

I agree with Rice not getting in.

 

If Rice had just 1 more season where he batted, say: .315, 18 Hr, 49 Rbi, 27 2b, 51 R (and that's not even a great year) then his final career numbers would be something like this:

 

.300 BA, 400 HRS, 1500 RBI, 400 2B, 2500 H, 1300 R

 

I think that would have done it. He's so close to milestones with all his numbers it's stupid.

 

The only thing I remember about Dave Concepcion is that there was at least one of his baseball cards in EVERY stinking pack of cards I bought.... <_>

[26 to 6]

I think Rice and Gossage should have gotten in. I like Blyleven a lot but dont think he deserves it. Happy for Sutter that he finally got it.

 

Hopefully next year for Goose.

[jsinger121]

Rice got snubbed again. 2008 and 2009 are probably his best and last chances to do it until the veterans committee votes him in which I am pretty sure they will considering they voted in Tony Perez and Orlando Cepeda, players with similar numbers to Rice.

[jimmycarter05]

I think Jim Rice should have made it, but you have to give credit to Bruce Sutter because he was the first one ever to throw a split and he really invented that pitch, he's definately HOF.