Congratulations to Jim Rice on joining the hallowed in the Hall of Fame! As RedSox.com points out, Rice's election means we're likely to see another retired number ceremony this year in Fenway.
"Four people are sitting around a table, talking about baseball, five minutes of it, very dull. Suddenly a bomb goes off. Blows people to smithereens. What does the audience have? Ten seconds of shock." -Alfred Hitchcock