Carlton Fisk once signed a 1975 Topps for me. It's among my proudest possessions. That card was from the year he waved the home run fair in the World Series. Bobby Doerr and Pesky were great guys to the fans, as were Lonborg, George Scott, Petrocelli, and Dwight Evans. Fred Lynn started signing pink pieces of paper after people started selling his cards. He always gave the autograph, but on pink paper.
I've always thought of Rice as a jerk. And you all notice that he didn't criticize active Red Sox players like David Ortiz. I'm no Yankee fan, but how exactly has Derek Jeter ever harmed the game?