Jim Rice Elected Into Baseball Hall Of Fame

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Red Sox slugger Jim Rice has been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame, something Tom Verducci calls a "well-deserved honor":

Rice wasn't great just for a small period of time.
In the 12 years starting with 1975, Rice finished first, third, third, fourth, fourth and fifth in MVP balloting, was named to eight All-Star teams, and ranked among the top five in RBIs seven times, home runs five times, total bases five times and batting average four times. His reliability at an elite level was extraordinary. Rice qualified for the batting title in every one of those 12 seasons and never had a truly bad year -- his worst OPS in that run was 112, and that was a season in which he drove in 122 runs. He took 76 percent of his career plate appearances in either the third or fourth spot in the lineup, and batted .308 with runners in scoring position.