O/T 2026 HOF Contemporary Ballot

[BioCRN]

Originally Posted by Svabinsky78

What about Whitaker, Schilling, Lofton, Hernandez instead of these two?

Whether one likes the answer or not, it's that "character" part that sunk Schilling on the main ballot and partially on the Contemporary Ballot.

"Voting: Voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played."

Having a group of his peers on the Contemporary Ballot committee voting on his merit didn't help either because the dude went out of his way for a long time to piss off his peers that had nothing to do with his off-field activities. He got hit by 2 sides on that one, though he probably got hit on 2 sides by the BBWAA vote pissing off reporters, too. It's a bit rare to see a guy so publicly dragged by his ex-teammates and peers without worrying about pissing off the rest of the boy's club...

[mainemule]

Originally Posted by BioCRN

Whether one likes the answer or not, it's that "character" part that sunk Schilling on the main ballot and partially on the Contemporary Ballot.

"Voting: Voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played."

Having a group of his peers on the Contemporary Ballot committee voting on his merit didn't help either because the dude went out of his way for a long time to piss off his peers that had nothing to do with his off-field activities. He got hit by 2 sides on that one, though he probably got hit on 2 sides by the BBWAA vote pissing off reporters, too. It's a bit rare to see a guy so publicly dragged by his ex-teammates and peers without worrying about pissing off the rest of the boy's club...

I've stated before his post career behavior has been at times repugnant.

But I know first hand he was a devoted supporter of our troops (visited my brother in law and his unit in Baghdad when our military took over Sadaam's palace during 2nd Gulf War) and was a Clemente Award winner during his career.

Ridiculous that he wasn't selected during early eligibility on the BBWAA ballot as his credentials 100% make him worthy. He remains only pitcher with 3,000+ ks (other than Clemens and Verlander, Scherzer, Kershaw) not in.