Jan 12 2009
Jim Ed…
Ebonically speaking, Jim Ed Rice was a very black man in a very white town. Still is! He was not particularly articulate, or quick with a quip, in the nuanced way that many pesky white Boston sportswriters are. But he spoke from the heart, and he played the game right, and so he was deservedly proud, and guarded. That pride caused a fifteen year big chill with most sportswriters, who finally came around and gave him his due, with an assist from Red Sox Nation. Wonderful irony that today he is a broadcaster on NESN, and now, the man who still dresses on Monday’s like its Saturday Night, circa 1978, can finally come to rest in the Hall of Fame, courtesy of 412 sportswriters.
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