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Originally Posted by mainemule
Schilling won the Roberto Clemente award and was well known to be a supporter of our troops.
His "knobdom," including saying he didn't want to be elected, certainly ruined his chances.
I can't comment on Kent's reputation.
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Some of the knobish things he did was borrow 10's of millions from the state of RI to move him company there and almost immediately run it into the ground, share memes about murdering journalists, and break the news that Tim Wakefield had cancer days before his death.
But nobody is all good or all bad....I believe he did some significant fundraising for cancer research and did support our troops.
In my mind, he falls into the Pete Rose camp of being his own worse enemy. Like, if he'd literally said nothing after his 9th year on the ballot, I'm sure he'd have been elected in this 10th and final year. But instead he chose to disparage the voters and say he didn't want to get elected.
So, should he be in the Hall of Fame? Absolutely. Is he easy to feel bad for? Not so much.