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stoops the eternal pimp
1/8/2008, 03:41 PM
In his 9th try, Goose Gossage was elected into the Hall of Fame. Jim Rice only gets one more shot I think(not sure).

tulsaoilerfan
1/8/2008, 04:59 PM
You are correct on Rice; next year will be his last year on the ballot; it still amazes me how a guy can fall short for 9 tries then all of a sudden he's hall of fame material to the voters

stoops the eternal pimp
1/8/2008, 05:22 PM
You are correct on Rice; next year will be his last year on the ballot; it still amazes me how a guy can fall short for 9 tries then all of a sudden he's hall of fame material to the voters


IMO, it kinda diminishes the prestige of the Hall a bit...Not saying its not a big deal, but it seems guys get elected sometimes not to due to their accomplishments but the lack of real candidates.

SoonerStormchaser
1/8/2008, 07:36 PM
Whew...I saw this thread and thought:
http://www.gamerevolution.com/images/misc/goose.jpg


Srsly...about effin time. Why Jim Rice is still being denied is a travesty!

Scott D
1/9/2008, 01:11 PM
Rice has been a victim of the 'not media friendly' tag primarily. If he doesn't get in next year, he'll get in via the other possible path, because he's rec'd enough votes this year to guarantee entry via that method.

Next year the only for sure 1st year guy is Rickey Henderson.

Bama Yankee
1/10/2008, 10:48 AM
Congrats to the Goose...

Boy, he sure was an intimidating dude back in the day:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q16/skip_wilson/goose.jpg