In the last edition of Ladder Challenge it was David Ortiz edging Walter A. Brown with 53% of the vote to move Big Papi up to #35 on the Ladder, and drop the Celtics founder down to #41. In this week's Challenge it is soon-to-be Hall of Famer Jim Rice (#37) attempting to defeat Northeastern and Boston Celtics star Reggie Lewis (#32) and move up 5 spots. Although Reggie is a personal favorite and starred at both the collegiate and pro levels, Jim Ed's body of work as a lifelong Red Sox earns our vote this week. So who has your support in this week's Ladder Challenge? (and remember, most votes in the comments section is the tie-breaker, so be sure to voice your opinion!)
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REGGIE LEWIS
Current Rank: 32
Challenge Record: 0-1-0
Beat: Nobody
Lost: Paul Pierce
Tied: Nobody
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*starred collegiately at Northeastern (1983-87).
*Led Huskies to 4 America East Conference titles and 4 trips to the NCAA Tourney (26.6 ppg in NCAAs).
*Won AEC Rookie of the Year
*Won 3-straight AEC Player of the Year Awards.
*NU career leader in points (2,709) and PPG (22.2).
*Celtics #1 pick (22nd overall) in 1987 NBA Draft.
*Played entire 6 year career (1987-93) in Boston.
*Named to 1992 All Star team.
*Made playoffs in all 6 seasons with Celtics.
*Career averages: 17.6 points (19.2 after his rookie year), 4.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists, .488 FG%, .824 FT%.
*Career playoff scoring average, including 22.4 and 28.0 ppg in '91 and '92 playoff runs.
*Averaged 20.8 ppg each of his final two seasons.
*His #35 is retired by both Northeastern and the Celtics.
*Died following the '93 season on July 27, 1993 at the age of 27.
JIM RICE
Current Rank: 37
Challenge Record: 2-0-1
Beat: Bobby Doerr, Terry O'Reilly
Lost: Nobody
Tied: David Ortiz
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*Played entire 16-year career (1974-89) with Red Sox.
*Member of 1975 & 1986 A.L. Champions.
*1978 A.L. MVP (.315 BA, 121 R, 213 H, 25 D, 15 T, 46 HR, 139 RBI, 7 SB, .370 OBP, .600 SLG, .970 OPS).
*8-time A.L. All Star.
*Top 5 in MVP voting 6 times.
*Career totals: 2,089 games, .298 BA, 1,249 R, 2,452 H, 373 D, 79 T, 382 HR, 1,451 RBI, 58 SB, .352 OBP, .502 SLG, .854 OPS).
*Led league in: Total Bases (4x), HR (3x), RBI (2x), SLG (2x), AB (2x), OPS (1x), Games (1x), Hits (1x) and Triples (1x).
*In Red Sox all-time leaders in: HR (3), RBI (3), Hits (3), Total Bases (3), AB (3), Runs (4), Games (4), Doubles (6), Triples (6), SLG (8) and Walks (8).
*Franchise single-season records for: Games (163, 1978) and Total Bases (406, 1978).
*Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, Class of 2009.
*His #14 will be retired by the Red Sox next week.
Rice is getting inducted to the Hall of Fame and getting #14 retired this week. A Ladder Challenge victory will make this an appropriate hat trick.
I'm going with Jim Rice. Good Challenge!
If this affects anyone's vote on who to vote for to become next week's challenger, the person will challenge whoever is 2 spots ahead of them (unless it would cause a rematch).
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