The man once broke a bat on a check swing: that alone should have ensured him enshrinement in the hall. He was a very bad man and two things, above all, need to be said: if he doesn’t get hurt late in the season in ’75, the Red Sox absolutely beat the Reds in the World Series. 100% And, all of his accomplishments are untainted by performance enhancing drugs. He did it right and he did it clean: he defines old school.
On a personal note, the first home run I ever saw live was at Fenway Park in 1977, against the Seattle Mariners. The man who hit it was at the time the most feared slugger in professional baseball: Jim Rice.
It’s a great day for Rice, and a great day for Red Sox fans.
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