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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