Curt Schilling’s Hall of Fame candidacy elicits debate and controversy among national baseball writers, but could this finally be the year the former Red Sox great gets inducted into Cooperstown?
Schilling’s pitching merits alone — a dazzling strikeout-to-walk ratio, a career 2.23 postseason ERA, and three World Series titles — leave him right on the verge of Hall of Fame inclusion.
But it’s the off-field drama that adds another level to Schilling’s case. Since his retirement from baseball, Schilling’s right-wing political views, which he has openly shared on social media, have gotten him fired from ESPN and caused voters to question his character when selecting him for the Hall of Fame.