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Purple Row Interviews Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn
Through a promotion sponsored by Pepsi Max, Purple Row was granted an ten-minute interview with former San Diego Padre Tony Gwynn. Gwynn, who retired following the 2001 season after posting a career 132 wRC+ (including never having a season below 100 - full or otherwise) and accumulating a lifetime...
Jim Rice vs. Dale Murphy
I realize that most people out in the baseball internet world are probably tired of hearing Braves fans moan about Dale Murphy not being in the Baseball Hall of Fame. On this Hall of Fame induction day I bring it up once again, without regrets. Here is a comparison of the career stats of Jim Rice,...
Graph of the Day: Rice vs. Dawson
WAR data from Sean's historical WAR database. It's awesome. Each players' seasons sorted from best to worst, left to right.
Graph of the Day: Rice vs. Raines
WAR data from Sean's historical WAR database. It's awesome. Each players' seasons sorted from best to worst, left to right.
Should Jim Rice be in the Hall of Fame?
via www.courant.com There has been a lot (A LOT) of discussion here at Over The Monster about whether or not Jim Rice should have been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. So I figured, why not poll the community? Rice earned more than 76 percent of the vote, but would he earn the same in a diehard...
Rickey becomes sixth Oakland "A" to enter Hall
As Flashfire reported earlier, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice are this year's entries into Cooperstown. I selfishly hoped that Rickey would be the lone inductee, but if someone else had to join him I am glad that Rice did, though I am a little bummed that Andre Dawson, Bert Blyleven, and Tim Raines...
Jim Rice finally named to Hall of Fame
It took him 15 years, but he did. Former Red Sox left fielder Jim Rice was named on 76 percent of ballots and will be inducted into Cooperstown: While Henderson's election was a foregone conclusion, Rice was a question mark. He clearly had the best chance of going in with the all-time leader in...
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