baseball hall of fame inductions

[shockey]

rickey is always entertaining. but why can't he speak a de english more better? he's an american, right? i'm embarrassed listening to him. he can't put the "s" at the end of words describing plurals. oy.

 

[imjustagirl]

I just like his suit, and his family's color-coordinated outfits. Or "outfit" as Rickey would say.

 

[shockey]

I just like his suit, and his family's color-coordinated outfits. Or "outfit" as Rickey would say.

that's just what he would say. you picked up on that too or are you just humoring me? either way, i appreciate it.

 

[slappy4428]

rickey is always entertaining. but why can't he speak a de english more better? he's an american, right? i'm embarrassed listening to him. he can't put the "s" at the end of words describing plurals. oy.

You mean like Clem Haskins talking about his Minnesota basketball teams playing in "Wilma Rena?"

 

[Steak Snabler]

Shockey, Rickey is the greatest leadoff man off all-time. You can't expect him to be a world-class verb conjugator as well.

I do, however, think it's funny that this criticism is coming from someone who refuses to acknowledge the shift key ...

 

[shockey]

Shockey, Rickey is the greatest leadoff man off all-time. You can't expect him to be a world-class verb conjugator as well.

I do, however, think it's funny that this criticism is coming from someone who refuses to acknowledge the shift key ...

geez, how often do we have to go over this? ??? ??? ???

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Davido!

My buddy.

 

[Mark2010]

I'm one who tends to be conservative when it comes to Hall of Fame inductions. I think letting too many people in cheapens the accomplishments of the really great. But I have no problem with either Henderson or Rice. Both very well deserved.

 

[shockey]

I'm one who tends to be conservative when it comes to Hall of Fame inductions. I think letting too many people in cheapens the accomplishments of the really great. But I have no problem with either Henderson or Rice. Both very well deserved.

true dat. the tight-assed, stuck-up voters should be ashamed of themselves for letting rice dangle for 15 years. i'm proud to call several, including casty, my friends but MANY baseball writers are freakin' self-important a--holes.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

Maybe Casty will come back now that the idiots have left (well, except for their sock puppets).

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

I think he comes across that way on this board, too.

Not as an asshole, but as a little too self-important.

 

[YankeeFan]

Watching it on the DVR now. Classy finish to Rickey's speech:

"And at this moment, I am very, very humble."

 

[YankeeFan]

I think he comes across that way on this board, too.

Not as an asshole, but as a little too self-important.

Pot, meet kettle.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I know I have posted this before, but what hurt Rice most with voters (a significant percentage of whom are too young to have covered him) is the way he fell off the table at the end of his career. In 1986, he was still a reasonable MVP candidate. By midseason 1988, he was getting benched. This left him short of some valued career numbers marks.
That's not the way I look at HoF candidates. But it is how a number of voters do, and the rules make such a bloc very powerful If we needed 75 percent of the vote to elect a President, we wouldn't have had one since James Monroe.

 

[YankeeFan]

I know I have posted this before, but what hurt Rice most with voters (a significant percentage of whom are too young to have covered him) is the way he fell off the table at the end of his career. In 1986, he was still a reasonable MVP candidate. By midseason 1988, he was getting benched. This left him short of some valued career numbers marks.
That's not the way I look at HoF candidates. But it is how a number of voters do, and the rules make such a bloc very powerful If we needed 75 percent of the vote to elect a President, we wouldn't have had one since James Monroe.

If you watched baseball in the late '70's and early '80's you know that Jim Rice is a no-brainer as a Hall of Famer.

 

[YankeeFan]

Kubek looks like he's having so much fun. What a shame he's not still involved in baseball.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Kubek looks like he's having so much fun. What a shame he's not still involved in baseball.

Kubek and Garagiola introduced me to Major League Baseball

 

[YankeeFan]

Kubek mentioned being in the booth for Aaron's record home run.

Milo Hamilton on the radio call is obviously the (vastly) more famous call.

Does anyone know if it's possible to find/see/hear the NBC call?

I just tried a quick search on YouTube and couldn't find it?

I always find the less famous calls of famous home runs to be interesting & would also be interested in finding some more of them.

 

[RedSmithClone]

Hey Rickey, who da hell is Luke Gehrig and Bave Ruff?

 

[JR]

Kubek looks like he's having so much fun. What a shame he's not still involved in baseball.

Tony Kubek was the colour guy for Jays games from '77 to '89 and in my opinion, is still one of the best ever. And now we get stuck with those rotating clowns on Sportsnet.

He was insightful, professional, concise and never afraid to call a spade a ****ing shovel. I

He was also my favourite ball player growing up.