Hall of Fame Ballot Announced

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by mainemule

I agree.....just absurd. He's carrying the Hodges torch now as being the player with the highest % from the BBWAA voting not elected.

22nd ranked pitcher by JAWS. I don't understand the vote, who cares about the personal stuff, he didn't kill anyone or advocate harming anyone, did he?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

22nd ranked pitcher by JAWS. I don't understand the vote, who cares about the personal stuff, he didn't kill anyone or advocate harming anyone, did he?

He retweeted a meme! And lost his money when his business failed! Cancel.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by G1911

He retweeted a meme! And lost his money when his business failed! Cancel.

The guy literally has a nazi memorabilia collection. I’m not crying that he’s not in.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Remember, I was the only guy advocating the 3 M’s as my top 3 choices: McGriff, Mattingly and Murphy. Just about had all three exactly right except that Schilling snook in one vote ahead of Murphy. No baggage wins out over pure numbers. Not surprising but again, would not have been the way I voted.

[ejharrington]

Originally Posted by Carter08

The guy literally has a nazi memorabilia collection. I’m not crying that he’s not in.

He has a WWII collection, which would naturally include Nazi collectibles. Cancel!

[G1911]

Originally Posted by ejharrington

He has a WWII collection, which would naturally include Nazi collectibles. Cancel!

Collect World War II material from all factions? Maybe read books? Have a historical interest? Cancel!

[glynparson]

Originally Posted by G1911

Collect World War II material from all factions? Maybe read books? Have a historical interest? Cancel!

Excuse it anyway you choose to but he has made comments as well that make me wonder why someone would be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Honestly it’s kind of pathetic. That said about schilling being a piece of trash, and he is, I agree his playing career is hall worthy or at least worth discussing.

[packs]

It was discussed though. He has repeatedly been found to be unworthy of the Hall. He has had every opportunity to have his case reviewed and voted on. The vote has always been NO.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by glynparson

Excuse it anyway you choose to but he has made comments as well that make me wonder why someone would be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Honestly it’s kind of pathetic. That said about schilling being a piece of trash, and he is, I agree his playing career is hall worthy or at least worth discussing.

What benefit of the doubt? He has publicly posted a lot of his collection; the material is of all factions in WWII. The claim he is a Nazi-centric collector with the implication of being some sort of Nazi is false. Attacking people for having an interest in history is pretty stupid.

If the context was his other comments, I would agree. I wish he would shut up. I don’t want to hear about athletes hot political takes. I find murder jokes to be in poor taste from left or right. That doesn’t mean every charge made against the man is true. Schilling has given people plenty of things he actually did to object too; others do not need to be made up.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by G1911

He retweeted a meme! And lost his money when his business failed! Cancel.

Just "retweeted a meme". Lol, you are precious.

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[G1911]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

Just "retweeted a meme". Lol, you are precious.

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That is, very literally, exactly what he did. He retweeted a meme where the punchline of the joke is lynching journalists. “Precious”.

[Yoda]

For what it's worth, the Hall, love or dislike it, is an integral part of baseball and hence affects the hobby.