Gossage in, No Rice!

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

You made my point because there is very little difference between the 2 and Allen is not a Hall of Famer. The "feared" hitter crap is just that. Albert Belle was "feared" and not just because he may run you over in his SUV, and no one is stumping for him. Rice's numbers were aided by the Park he played in and they are barely passable as is. The fact that some questionable guys got in shouldn't just open the floodgates anymore than the fact that modern guys were taking steroids makes older players any better or more worthy. Pretty soon some nutjob will be saying that Steve Garvey should be in. The inclusion of Rice may make him correct.

good point on Belle. From '93 to '99 he was most likely the best offensive player in the game for a 7 year period. Because he was completely insane, people forget how good he really was. Not a hall of famer or even close though. MO Vaughn getting the MVP in 1995 instead of him was one of the biggest crocks in MLB award history and there have been many of them. Rice never had 7 years like Belle however.