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April 4, 2007
Former Red Sox outfielder Jim Rice made more than a few inappropriate comments during the annual Pawtucket Red Sox Welcome Home Luncheon this afternoon at Kirkbrae Country Club in Lincoln.
During a Q & A with former teammate and Red Sox broadcaster Bob Montgomery, Rice was telling some interesting stories about his playing days, including his time in Pawtucket. The event was going along smoothly before it ended on a sour note.
Near the end Montgomery asked Rice if he had any advice for the PawSox players who were in attendance.
Rice basically told the players, and a room of over 400 people, that greed and cheating are good. People in attendance, including the players, were stunned by his remarks.
PawSox owner Ben Mondor, a friend of Rice, said yesterday he is dedicating all his efforts this season to get the former Red Sox slugger into Baseball's Hall of Fame. While Rice certainly has the statistics worthy of a plague in Cooperstown, there has been a public debate for years whether he deserves to be enshrined because of his so-called "bad-guy image" with the Baseball Writers' Association of America during his playing days.
More to come. . .
Posted by Joe McDonald 
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Ron | April 4, 2007 10:26 PM link
[i]"Rice basically told the players, and a room of over 400 people, that greed and cheating are good. People in attendance, including the players, were stunned by his remarks."[/i]
Sorry to hear that Jim Rice said that cheating is good. I'll have to give him somewhat of a pass here,, as he is probably looking at Mcgwire, Sosa, Bonds et al and thinking "geez, what could I HAVE DONE if I was juiced ??