Posted on Jan 30, 2022
Hall of Fame excludes Curt Schilling due to his politics
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COL John McClellan
To be clear, Pete Rose was "banned' by one man - the commissioner of baseball (at the time, A. Bartlett Giamatti) and not by the Hall of Fame. Although I agree, he should be in. Those who didn't get in this year, didn't get enough votes - by the sportswriters, primarily. The Hall sets the rules - and the threshold is to be named on 75% of all ballots to get in. They did change the timeframe for the primary ballots - once 15 years, to now only 10 years. After that, a player coach or baseball executive can gain entry through one of the "committees' who meet to consider those overl looked in their original eligibility.
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I'm tired of all the political bullshit. Curt Schilling is a great ball player and deserves to be in the Hall of fame no matter what his politics are.
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I agree - Curt Schilling's performance on the field makes a good case for inclusion, but the article is supposition, not necessarily fact, as to how the sportswriters' view him. Mr. Mirengoff doesn't actually KNOW why Schilling got only 58.6% The author is making it a pollical issue, and the statement that "Conservative fans should ignore it entirely, except as a vehicle to remind we once a year of Curt Schilling’s Hall of Fame-worthy career." is ridiculous - if anything, the hall is TOO conservative - in the true sense of that word!
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