Curt Schilling is an ass

[steveringo]

And always has been.

 

[catman]

Ya think?

 

[Carnzo]

Yes he is

 

[sharkymcwrath]

And always has been.

It's unfortunate but, ya.

 

[eaglesnut]

Curt Schilling is one of the greatest

You do you, Curt.

95 in the 1st. 95 in the 9th. Such a beast.

 

[Ojb81]

What happened this time?

 

[navamind]

What happened this time?

Leaked the Tim Wakefield news without anyone's permission.

His wife also has pancreatic cancer.

 

[redskinsfan1963]

And always has been.

always thought he was decent until getting into politics.

 

[fightinfunbags]

always thought he was decent until getting into politics.

He was an absolute asshole to local beat reporters and even teammates. Most of the guys on the ‘93 Phillies are outspoken in their hatred of him.

 

[socaljim242]

More of the same from him. Confirms he's a jerk.

 

[calsnowskier]

Damn, that escalated quickly…

 

[Mebert]

I wonder how many qualified HoF players are out for the sole reason that they are a dick. It can't be that many.

 

[msgkings322]

I wonder how many qualified HoF players are out for the sole reason that they are a dick. It can't be that many.

Pretty much Schilling, Bonds, and Clemens (those 2 would be in if they were liked)

 

[calsnowskier]

I wonder how many qualified HoF players are out for the sole reason that they are a dick. It can't be that many.

It works in the other direction as well. Ozzie Smith and Harold Baines come to mind as players who really aren’t HOF worthy, but are in for non-baseball reasons.

 

[calsnowskier]

Pretty much Schilling, Bonds, and Clemens (those 2 would be in if they were liked)

Omar as well. Not that he is a slam dunk, clear HOFer, but his non-baseball issues are certainly keeping him off the list.

Timmy Hardaway was facing the same issue in Basketball for a long time.

 

[Mebert]

It works in the other direction as well. Ozzie Smith and Harold Baines come to mind as players who really aren’t HOF worthy, but are in for non-baseball reasons.

Baines no question. Ozzie only isn't a surefire HoF player if you ignore the half of the game that he was dominate at.

 

[calsnowskier]

Baines no question. Ozzie only isn't a surefire HoF player if you ignore the half of the game that he was dominate at.

Why is Ozzie a HOFer?

 

[Mebert]

Why is Ozzie a HOFer?

 

[calsnowskier]

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Defensive metrics are still in their absolute infancy. I use them ONLY because there isn’t anything reliable to use.

Omar, even without his off-field issues, is looked at as a boarder line HOFer AT BEST, but Ozzie was a first ballot guy? Are you saying that there is that much difference between the two? One is an all time great and the other is a solid-ish member of the HOVG? And the flip and the off-field dalliances aren’t the reasons for that?

 

[calsnowskier]

And I am not trying to claim that Baines and Smith weren’t good players. We are talking about HOF level here, so let’s keep the elevation of the discussion at that level.