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cool url, thanks for the info!

Anyone planning on going to Cooperstown on 7/26 to see Jim Rice get inducted? I plan to be there.....should be entaining with Ricky Henderson going in too. Jim Rice was always my favorite player....some notes on him: On July 26th, 2009 James Edward Rice will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall Of Fame. Jim Rice played his entire 15 year career with the Boston Red Sox. During that time he was an eight time All-Star, and the 1978 AL MVP. In the late 1970s he was part of one of the sport's great outfields along with Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans, who was his teammate for his entire career; Rice continued the tradition of his predecessors Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski as a power-hitting left fielder who played his entire career for the Red Sox. In 1978, Rice won the Most Valuable Player award in a campaign where he hit .315 and led the league in home runs (46), RBI (139), hits (213), triples (15) and slugging average (.600). He is one of only two AL players ever to lead his league in both triples and home runs in the same season, and he remains the only player ever to lead the major leagues in triples, home runs and RBIs in the same season. His 406 total bases that year were the most in the AL since Joe DiMaggio had 418 in 1937, and it made Rice the first major leaguer with 400 or more total bases since Hank Aaron's 400 in 1959. In 1986, Rice had 200 hits, batted .324, and had 110 RBIs. The Red Sox made it to the World Series for the second time during his career. This time, Rice played in all 14 postseason games, where he collected 14 hits, including two home runs. He also scored 14 runs and drove in six. The 14 runs Rice scored is the fifth most recorded by an individual during a single year's postseason play. Since his retirement at the end of 1989, the Red Sox have not reissued his jersey number 14, except during Rice's tenure as the team's hitting coach in the mid-to-late 1990s. Also can see more about him on Wikipedia..... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rice Lot of good info here, I learned a lot. SO, ANYONE GOING?

FREE WEBCAM of Sylvia and her friends for everyone in this thread!

Welcome....GO SOX!

What's going on? Glad you are here. Big Papi is heating up!! ....or at least gettin' above .200 If he keeps going, we won't need to go after Matt Holiday.

If someone explains what the game thread is, I'd certainly check it out!

Hello everyone, I am a huge sports nut and own my own retail sports merchandise store and website..... number21sports.com My business name originates from the Red Sox, I grew up in Pawtucket, less than 10 minutes from McCoy Stadium and went to Pawsox games all the time. I saw Boggs and Clemens among others come up thru the system, and 21 became my favorite number at a young age because of Roger. My goal of joining is to talk about the Sox, and meet more Sox fans since I am stuck in NY with all the Stankees Fans. I am very excited about Jim Rice FINALLY getting into the hall, I will be in Cooperstown later this year to see him inducted. GO SOX! -Andrew