Curt Schilling thinks being a Republican hurt his Hall of Fame chances.

[Kingofalldems]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24941694


Haha.

[trumad]

1. as if there are not republicans in the HOF

[Kingofalldems]

4. I also notice he trashed a couple players who made it.

He claims Smoltz is a Democrat but I don't think he is.

[KamaAina]

2. The following HoFers beg to differ:

Ernie Banks (!), Jim Bunning (repuke Senator from Ky.!), Nolan Ryan (if only Bush* had been a catcher... </sarc> ), and doubtless others.

One stud postseason does not an HoF career make, Curt.

[madinmaryland]

9. Please tell me you did not go there...

Damn! It's been a while since I have been able to post that picture!!

[El Supremo]

10. Here's a new one for ya:

[trumad]

11. Mad has been awfully quite about that.

[madinmaryland]

12. Jerrah may be the one who finally brings down the fat fucker.

[TBF]

3. I'd doubt that -

when push comes to shove I'm betting many of these athletes vote republican.

[Kingofalldems]

5. I think you are right.

I remember pitcher Todd Coffey flamed out on Twitter when Obama was reelected.

[Thor_MN]

6. Probably more due to the closely associated trait of being an asshole.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Beat Me To It

Also, overrated. Also, how did he pick up 3 mph on his fastball and 8 inches of break on his slider after he turned 30?

Nobody ever bothers to mention that.

[JeffHead]

7. A .151 career batting average and no home runs doesn't help much either.

You'd think with 773 career at bats he would have run into 1 along the way.

[frylock]

8. him being an asshole certainly doesn't help

[JonLP24]

13. In baseball?

I don't know if he is a Hall of Fame voter but this is the sport that has George Will for a sports writer. Not only that, the athletes -- Nolan Ryan.

[hughee99]

15. I'd be surprised if it didn't cost him one or two votes, but

Schilling was almost 200 hundreds of votes away. It hurt his chances much in the same way that the Jacksonville Jaguars chances of winning the Superbowl were hurt when their backup punter didn't eat a healthy breakfast one day during training camp.

[DinahMoeHum]

16. Whiny baby.

Somebody get the whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaambulance.