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A BBWAA Writer Mentioned In Passing That Curt Schilling Was Not On His HoF Ballot. Schilling Found Out, Threw A Fit, And Lied Repeatedly About His History Of Bigotry.

Many members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, after submitting their Hall of Fame ballots, share their choices with the public and offer some thoughts and/or explanations.

David Laurila (FanGraphs) cast his first HoF ballot this year and two days ago (November 29), he posted what he called "a snapshot of my thought process". It included:

Curt Schilling did not get my vote. Call it contradictory if you will, but I couldn't in good conscience allow myself to hold him to same "what they did on the field" standard that I applied to the PED group.