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Old 01-12-2009, 06:29 AM
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Good column from yesterday by Phil. Inquirer's excellent baseball writer Jim Salibury weighing the HOF candidates for today's announcement.

On Baseball: Hall may give Rice a call
By Jim Salisbury

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/...l?nlid=2172984

Voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America have been weighing Jim Rice's Hall of Fame candidacy for more than a decade.
With the results of another election set to be announced tomorrow, there are only two certainties:

This is the last time the writers association will have its say on Rice. And Rickey Henderson will be a first-ballot selection.
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