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Does Curt Schilling Deserve to be in the HOF

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Ken Gurnick of MLB.com says he's not voting for anyone from the steroid era because he's not sure of the players used steroids or not. So no vote for Maddux' date=' none for F. Thomas, Glavine, or Mussina or anyone from the steroid era. Oh but I will vote for Jack Morris....

It would interest him to know that players were doing steroids during the time Jack Morris pitched and Morris is nowhere near as good as Maddux.

Please just restructure the voting, the system needs to be changed.[/quote']

Yeah. It's a ridiculous stance to take. If he's really is going to take a stance, he should not vote for Morris either.

I'm pretty sure that steroids were pretty rampant when he played as well.

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Ken Gurnick of MLB.com says he's not voting for anyone from the steroid era because he's not sure of the players used steroids or not. So no vote for Maddux' date=' none for F. Thomas, Glavine, or Mussina or anyone from the steroid era. Oh but I will vote for Jack Morris....

It would interest him to know that players were doing steroids during the time Jack Morris pitched and Morris is nowhere near as good as Maddux.

Please just restructure the voting, the system needs to be changed.[/quote']

Pathetic drama queen. "Look at me!"

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That just shows up as a blank Hangout background colored box to me.

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Schilling got 38.8% of the vote in 2013. He went down to 29.2% this year because of a crowded ballot. I wouldn't be too concerned. Here's why...

Since voting started in 1936 only eight players (Morris 67.7%, Hodges 63.4%, Oliva 47.3%, Maris 43.1%, Garvey 42.6%, Wills 40.6%, Marion 40.0%, and Kuenn 39.3%, have recieved a vote total more than Schilling's 38.8% vote from the BBWA and not gotten in eventually - either within the 15 years of eligibility or by the Veteran's Committee vote. I'd say he's got a decent chance to get in down the road.

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Schilling got 38.8% of the vote in 2013. He went down to 29.2% this year because of a crowded ballot. I wouldn't be too concerned. Here's why...

Since voting started in 1936 only eight players (Morris 67.7%, Hodges 63.4%, Oliva 47.3%, Maris 43.1%, Garvey 42.6%, Wills 40.6%, Marion 40.0%, and Kuenn 39.3%, have recieved a vote total more than Schilling's 38.8% vote from the BBWA and not gotten in eventually - either within the 15 years of eligibility or by the Veteran's Committee vote. I'd say he's got a decent chance to get in down the road.

The other side of the coin would be Luis Tiant. He started off strong and went down as more and more highly qualified pitchers entered the ballot.

It isn't good to be the fourth best pitcher on the ballot.

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The other side of the coin would be Luis Tiant. He started off strong and went down as more and more highly qualified pitchers entered the ballot.

It isn't good to be the fourth best pitcher on the ballot.

Yep, Tiant peaked his very first year at 30.9%. A few others like Mattingly (28.2% in 2001) have done that as well but the vast majority of players see their vote totals go up after the first year. I think Schilling has a decent chance to make it down the road.

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Not sure what happened.

3b4db1afa2f14c2e8b4cefa41c097094_normal.jpegCurt Schilling ‏@gehrig38<small class="time" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(187, 187, 187); position: relative; float: right; margin-top: 1px;">56m</small>

Huge congrats to the three ABSOLUTELY deserving new members of the hall. Played against them all, never a doubt they were HOF'ers.

Is classy! And not just to appear classy, because all those guys beat his brains in, as good as Curt was.

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