Here are some great article links to our beloved Jim Ed Rice’s induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame

Nudging Rice over the borderline

By Bob Ryan Globe Columnist / January 11, 2009

Full disclosure: I have not always voted for Jim Rice.

He first appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot in 1995, and I did not put an X in his box until 2000. I mention this to underscore the enormously agonizing thought process any voter goes through when evaluating a borderline Hall of Fame candidate, of which Jim Rice is almost a classic Exhibit A.

Oh, sure, it’s easy when examining the case for a Mike Schmidt, George Brett, Nolan Ryan, Ozzie Smith, Wade Boggs, Cal Ripken, or Tony Gwynn, all of whom attained first-ballot enshrinement in the past 14 elections. It is similarly easy to vote yes on Rickey Henderson this year.

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Red Sox were victorious in the opening game of the 2008 Season….

6 – 5 in Extra Innings !

Oki Wins – Pap saves – Nice!

Being a proud member of the RSN early risers club it was more than gut wrenching to watch Dice K fumble through the first inning – I woke up for this! We all thought it “ come on what a bum – your even in your hometown!”.

No worries for the FWF’s ( inset FenWay Faithfuls or Fair Weather Fans) of the world because we all got to cling warmly to the RSN hero of the moment…Brandon Moss – huh Brandon Moss?

Well last years favorite guy to “blame it all on” suddenly came down with a back ache…what a great break – probably one of the top ten things JD has done since his arrival to the Red Sox!

Bran-don Moss! ! ! Bran-don Moss! ! Bran-don Moss! ! WooHoo.

He tied the game for the Sox with the long ball – his first major League Dinger and it was made in Japan!

The Good–

Manny’s hammering the ball early!

Brandy Moss – HaHa nice one by me – can he do this at Fenway?

Houston Street is still as sucky as last year !

A’s base runners showed signs of AA ball.

Coco got to play an inning.

Dale Arnold is a great announcer havign him teamed with Mr Castiglione is pure genius!

The Bad–

The game was as long as most Sox Yanks drills

Jack Hanahan may be the latest Red Sox killer villain from the left coast.

Keith  (who is former Sox reliever currently A’s set up man..); may be a sharp pain in our side in these match ups – what a jerk.

Varetek Whiff, Whiff, Whiff…..not good

The Ugly-

Dice K’s lack of control – hopefully it was his nerve factory working overtime being the 50 million dollar man returning home to show his worth? Yeah that must have been it – or is it really still friggin March? This season is WAY too long!

Greg Dickerson has no place beign on the air with Michael Holley – ever- yawn!

See you tomorrow………………

No Beeps or Bombs here your free to say what you want for as long as you want….

This forum and blog is the result of many things ; mostly because baseball is the most fun sport to follow – I didn’t say watch – it can be looong and boring as all hell.

Of course the season is too long but that’s what makes it enjoyable – how nice is it to fetch the paper the morning following a victory – if you share this feeling then you know the struggles of fetching and reading the paper when they lose…you my friend are also a sick individual and a proud member of the pre-marketed group now commonly referred to as Red Sox Nation ( RSN from this day forward…)

Welcome all ( yes the Pink Hats too) and don’t be shy it’s a long way to the next October Sweep!

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