logic defending his removal of Schilling from his ballot:

Begin with the curious case of Curt Schilling, who received 285 votes last season – including one from right here – before falling 16 votes short of election. It was at that point, in the grand spirit of ignorance that dominated the Phillies’ clubhouse in 1993, Schilling chose not to try to appeal to those final 16 voters but to insult the first 285. He said he didn’t want to be elected by the baseball writers, anyway, and would prefer to be chosen later by some old-timers’ panel. No problem, C.S. Happy to oblige. Consider one vote lost. And ask yourself: Why have those ancient sages never elected Mickey Vernon, who should have been elected 15 years before your first pitch?

Posted by fatguyrd on 12/3/2021 11:38:00 PM (view original):
One Philly writer who voted for Schill in the past, did not this year. He cited Schillings comments about not wanting to go in on his final y.ear of eligibility, as the reason for his change.

logic defending his removal of Schilling from his ballot:

Begin with the curious case of Curt Schilling, who received 285 votes last season – including one from right here – before falling 16 votes short of election. It was at that point, in the grand spirit of ignorance that dominated the Phillies’ clubhouse in 1993, Schilling chose not to try to appeal to those final 16 voters but to insult the first 285. He said he didn’t want to be elected by the baseball writers, anyway, and would prefer to be chosen later by some old-timers’ panel. No problem, C.S. Happy to oblige. Consider one vote lost. And ask yourself: Why have those ancient sages never elected Mickey Vernon, who should have been elected 15 years before your first pitch?