Gossage in, No Rice!

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Scav

Rice will get in next year, 16 votes is nothing in 365 days. I also think the Hawk and Dale Murphy will get in also, maybe the Hawk in two years and Dale in three years.

There is no way that Dawson or Murphy should or will get in. Neither is or was as good as Dave Parker who played longer and has better stats and he has no chance. They simply did not do it high enough for long enough. I think the more I think about Rice he probably shouldn't get in either. These guys need to be compared to other Hall of Fame outfielders and when you do so, they just aren't up to it. The writers got it right for a change. I still believe that the biggest injustice is that Buck o'Neill wasn't voted in at least in a special capacity while he was alive. He may not have been quite good enough as a player but he certainly has contributed more to the game than Bowie Kuhn, among others.