Gotta begin with the news that Rickey Henderson, on the first ballot and Jim Rice, on the final ballot were elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame. My first question upon seeing the voting totals was "who were the 28 idiots who didn't name Henderson on their ballot"? We'll chat up Rickey on SportsTalk. The Rice news was somewhat surprising as I don't feel he's worthy, but not adamantly. When he first became eligible Jim received just 28% so he obviously got much better in retirement. The fact remains his numbers during that first year he had a shot at the hall(1994)were about to be dwarfed by the boppers during the steroid era. Rice played 14 full years in the big leagues. I'd grade out six of them in the excellent or Hall worthy category. He never won anything being a part of the pre-curse breaking Bosox and missed the legendary 1975 post season which ended with the 7 game loss to Cincy in the Series with an injury. In the 1986 ALCS versus California he batted .161 and failed to drive in a run as they fell to the Mets in the Buckner Series. I'll call him an average left fielder to be kind. He hit more than 40 homers once and more than 35 three other times. The total of 389 obviously doesn't stand the test of time, but when he was in his prime was certainly viewed as an elite hitter. I'll be curious to see what our baseball fans think when we light up the hot stove this afternoon.
Some thoughts on the NFL playoffs.
1-Shame on Carolina head coach John Fox and his defensive people. With Arizona's Anquan Boldin out, how do they not focus a majority of their game plan on stopping Larry Fitzgerald?
2-Kudos to the San Diego Charger defense. They spent the entire day on the field yet remained unyielding, making plays to keep their team in it despite an inept running game but finally ran out of gas in the 4th quarter.
3-The Giants got completely outcoached as Philly kept New York's supposed stout pass rush off Donavan McNabb and the Eagle defense allowed the Jints just 9 points on 5 trips into the Red Zone.
4-I can't wait for Steelers/Ravens!
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Henderson was the best player of his time and lasted long enough to break the career steals record. I thought Cobb's lifetime steals mark was amazing enough. Then Brock topped it and Henderson eclipsed both by over 400 bases!
Duck Out of Water
I'm a Mets fan, so I'll plug Keith Hernandez. He never gets any consideration. Many people consider him the greatest fielding first baseman of all-time. He was an 11-time Gold Glove and one-time MVP. The '86 Mets had the best single-season record of the decade and the most wins over a seven-season span from '84-90, yet only have Gary Carter in the HOF.
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