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Originally Posted by 7nohitter
Bill,
Good info! No doubt Rice was a force, for a period of time...I think ultimately he ended up hanging on too long and doing damage to his overall numbers...I'm also tainted as '86 was the year I really started watching baseball and from '86-'89 I swear all Rice did was ground into inning-ending double plays!
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He was doing that before 86 too. To me, Rice is one step below a HOFer, in the Don Mattingly class of a stretch of outstanding seasons but not quite there career-wise.
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Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 02-22-2014 at 12:51 PM.
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