Jim Rice is down to one more chance to get into the baseball hall.Rice fell 16 votes short in receiving 72.2 percent of the vote that requires 75 % for induction.
Rice will get one more shot in 2009,if he does not make the hall then,he will have to wait for the Veterans Committee to look at him.
Goose Gossage was the only candidate to make it in the 2008 election and deservedly so.
The good news for Rice is this-no candidate has ever gotten above 70 % of the vote and then never get inducted to Cooperstown.
Tough break for Rice,but I would wager that next year FINALLY is Jim Rice's year.......
The New Hampshire primary showed exactly why one should make up their mind on politics without paying much attention to the media and polling.
When all networks,cable news outlets and polls pointed to Barack Obama as the eventual winner,Hillary Clinton shocked the nation (and me) by winning New Hampshire.
Clinton won by three points (39-36) over Obama and John Edwards finished third with 17 percent.
This could be looked at as Edwards doing mildly better than he was projected to be and Edwards appears to be hanging in there.
But South Carolina is looking to be a must win in the Palmetto State for Edwards.
But tonight's result is exactly why I am hanging in there with John Edwards until he decides that enough is enough.
Just because someone else thinks that they know the voter does not mean that it is true and therefore-vote for the candidate that YOU think represents you the most!
Not the candidate most likely to win,the candidate YOU want!
That is the only way that the voters can keep the power that sometimes gets usurped by the media.
It is a vicious game that they play-Only certain people can win therefore a vote for anyone else is a wasted vote and then the few chosen candidates can win.
In any event,Obama did seem to put forth a less than wonderful effort in the debate last Saturday and that seems to have hurt him.
For all the Obama hype about his speaking,he struggles in debate settings.
I watched that debate with Ryan (An undecided voter) and talked about for someone noted as an excellent speaker,he has real difficulties thinking quickly on his feet in debate formats.
Plus,Clinton's emotional outburst that I thought "finished her" apparently won over the Granite State voters.
This one baffles me,but the Dems now move onto Nevada and South Carolina...........
The New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres hooked up into one of those Brodeur vs Miller battles last night in Newark and the Devils were the last team standing with a 2-1 shootout victory.
I missed the first period with a family obligation and therefore mis
sed all the scoring for the first 58 minutes as Andy Greene's power play goal (2) held up until Buffalo used some great passing and some over aggressiveness by the Devils defense to tie the game late in the game.After 5 minutes of 4 on 4 play,it was onto to the shootout.
But after a stop by each goalie,Ales Kotalik scored for the Sabres to give them a shootout lead,Brian Gionta quickly tied the shootout with a quick wrist shot.
Brodeur then stopped Thomas Vanek (who seems to have no clue in shootouts) which set the stage for Patrik Elias winning the game with his shot eluding Miller.
Another great game between these two teams and they will see each other again in Buffalo Saturday.
In between the Buffalo games is a Thursday visit to N.C.State for a game against the Hurricanes.
Bullpen Notes
The Chicago Cubs sent outfielder Angel Pagan to the New York Mets and acquired two former Hagerstown Suns in the swap.
Outfielder Corey Coles and pitcher Ryan Meyers join the Cubs organization.
Coles played well in Hagerstown,but Meyers was far from impressive as a Sun.
Meyers did have an excellent season in 2007 at Savannah and is still just 22.
Coles turns 26 this season,so he needs to get things moving soon.
For more New Hampshire opinion,check out our friends over at Bag of Health and Politics on our links page.
They are pushing heavily for Obama right now......
Maybe the Cubs could sign Jim Wladyka next???
Until next time
Photo Credits
Rice-Topps Cards
Elias-Bill Kostroun-AP Photo
3 comments:
I, now an Obama supporter, actually am all for Edwards staying in through South Carolina. He splits the white working class vote with Clinton there. That is to Obama's advantage. Nationwide, he takes votes away from Barack Obama. Edwards clearly prefers Obama to Clinton. I think he knows he doesn't have the resources to compete on 2-5, but also knows he damaged Clinton in South Carolina and is willingly playing the role of spoiler. If it works out the way I think it will, I will conclude that, for his faults, Edwards is fundamentally a good human being.
On NH, the final result was 39-37. But because Clinton's support was concentrated in two owns, Obama actually won the delegate count 12-11. That's pretty funny. I think it cut for Clinton because of the tears thing. I also think that the tears thing was staged because a nanosecond later, she was attacking Obama. I think that story was in the middle of its cycle when people voted. And I think it altered the outcome of the election. That said, I think there's a building backlash and disgust among the Obama crowd over it. I think it'll only inspire them to work harder. Obama got the Nevada SEIU and Culinary Workers union endorsements today. That is important there.
I think the reality is that this is a two person race. I think Obama can close in Nevada--especially since Edwards decided to not contest the election there to focus on SC. And I think that SC may have the right kind of demographics for Obama. Neither Clinton or Obama can skip SC. And if Obama wins SC, then the story headed into Super Tuesday changes, and suddenly Obama is the one with big momentum and that helps.
Also of note: 46 percent of NH voters thought Obama was most electable compared to 35% for Clinton; 50% of NH voters thought Obama was best able to unite the country compared to 23% for Clinton. I think those issues are more salient outside of New Hampshire. I believe Tuesday was an aberration and that Obama is on the way to the nomination--and the Presidency.
Rice getting into the HOF next year may not be such a lock. Keep in mind that Ron Santo has missed out by 10 or fewer votes on three separate occasions.
But I believe that some of Santo's near misses were on veterans committee votes.
No player that has gotten 70% of the vote and never eventually gotten in,although some did have to wait for the veterans commitee.......
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