Curt Schilling snubbed by Baseball Hall of Fame; Trump Tweets His Support

American Thinker ^ | 01/23/2019 | William O'Toole

[FlingWingFlyer]

Baseball has hit bottom. With the Dbacks now the league’s Number One crap team, I don’t have a team to root for anymore. Hockey is all I have left to keep me going. EVERYTHING else is a joke. IMHO.

[P-Marlowe]

Relievers and designated hitters have no business being in the hall of fame.

[gibsonguy]

Baseball writers, all you need to know. Left wing a-holes just 95% of the rest of media. Merit is meaningless.

[MichaelCorleone]

-—Not even Babe Ruth, Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle were checked on every ballot.-—

They were white, so...

[MichaelCorleone]

Ah! Didn’t notice Willie Mays sorry

[Honorary Serb]

Curt Schilling DEFINITIVELY deserves to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame, for the “bloody-sock win” if for nothing else!!!!

But he’s been blocked for purely political reasons!! PHOOEY!!!!

[MichaelCorleone]

That’ll teach me to try to work and do FR at the same time...

[Blue House Sue]

"Schilling wasn’t selected but Roy Halliday, a pitcher who won over 200 games, had a winning percentage of .659, spun a playoff no-hitter and perfect game, and was awarded two Cy Youngs for best pitcher in baseball, was also elected in his first year on the ballot."

Have some respect, do your homework, and spell people's names correctly.

His name was Roy Halladay.

[Alberta's Child]

I could see both arguments. The argument against the DH is much stronger. Relievers are getting in because the role of the starting pitcher has slowly diminished. That’s why a 300-win pitcher might be a thing of the past.

[bankwalker]

Did John Rocker ever make it?

[Dr. Sivana]

one of the best designated hitters

A Hall of Fame entry for a non-pitcher who can only play half the game at a "position" that shouldn't exist? Jeez, maybe Manny Mota should be in the Hall of Fame.

[Alberta's Child]

Schilling was an excellent pitcher, but I don’t think he was quite at the HOF level for a starter. He never won a Cy Young Award and was never really considered one of the top 2-3 pitchers in the league.

[Trump_the_Evil_Left]

Ummm, three times he came in 2nd in Cy Young Award voting.... That would seem to place him in the top two.

[Alberta's Child]

I’m thinking across both the AL and NL.

[Psalm 73]

"...Mike Mussina, whose stats come closest to Shilling’s..."

His REGULAR SEASON stats - but do a quick post-season stat compare and the difference is enormous.
Curt is one of the best clutch pitchers to ever lace up a pair of cleats. But he's conservative, and most sports writers come out of leftist journalism schools - so there's that....

[Honorary Serb]

[Schilling] never won a Cy Young Award....

That was political, too!!!!

[jjotto]

The case against him is that he was only a top pitcher for a few of his 20 years.

The case for him is a great record in later years and went 11-2 in the post-season with 2.23 ERA. Those post-season stats are HOF.

The newer methods of stat evaluation are very favorable for Schilling.

[subterfuge]

You only support your teams when they are winning?

[kenmcg]

Sorry, the HOF is a farce. So many great players kept out, while many who didn’t measure up are accepted. Time to take away the jock sniffing writers voting based on their like or dislike of the players.