The other major theory is that HOF voters prefer guys who racked up the stats over 15 years, and Rice sort of fell off a cliff suddenly.

That's one thing that surprised me about the results. Bruce Sutter was third in the voting, despite only playing 12 years. He was a very good pitcher, and has very good numbers, but I expected him to be behind Goose, and even Lee Smith (although I think he was better than Smith).

Heh. My mom HATED Dr. Seuss books. She said her eyes would glaze over. However, she swallowed her hate when she saw how much we liked them and how useful they could be. Mind you, she only admitted her hate last year. Cracked me up.

She also has all my Carle books and then went and bought them all for my nephew, so I couldn't even do that!

He likes Moo Baa La La La. He just likes La La La. It's his favorite part of Bobby McGhee. The La la la la la la la la la la la la Bobby McGhee...

And I'm a terrible singer, but I know the words.

Kat gave him the pigeon book, ita. My SIL loves it.

I think Bread and Jam for Frances might be my favorite book, if you measure by how often I refer to it in conversation. Not sure why.

Nilly, you can have my brain for the next couple of weeks -- I won't be needing it.

Nutty! my sistah! You only beat me to the post because I was looking for a link. It's out of print, but available at alibris or used on amazon.

Allyson, Owen will stop crying to stare and smile at me when I sing, "Lalalalalala".

I have no idea why but it saves me from having to remember the words to any songs.

What's wrong with Tommy John?

Kat gave him the pigeon book, ita.

Figures. She's crafty.

I have fond memories of Peter Rabbit and Clifford the big red monster dog. And it's never too early for fairy tales and folklore from around the world, ever.

Oh, we had a book of (I think) a maori creation myth that was just gorgeous.

Wonder what happened to the lovely Beatrix Potter books I remember as being old fashioned.