[MikeyPatriot]

Mondo,

Do you really not understand why your specific subjective opinions on Rice/Raines are taken with a grain of salt here? If you said that you think Rice had qualities like leadership or the ability to make others around him better or clutch hitting, those are at least things that would reasonably make Rice a better player in your eyes (no matter how little they actually matter to others here).

Unfortunately, you aren't. A significant part of your argument so far is that Rice made you feel more anxious when he was at the plate. I don't even know what to say. It's like arguing Jose Reyes is a better player than Alex Rodriguez because you think he hustles more.