Curt Schilling’s revenge on trolls who threatened daughter

[ErikJ]

25. bcuz Schilling is a Republican?

Here an article about Schilling feud from Jan.

Curt Schilling says he lost Hall of Fame votes because he's a Republican

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/curt-schilling-says-he-lost-hall-of-fame-votes-because-he-s-a-republican-192514435.html

Curt Schilling doesn't believe in evolution, but he apparently believes this: Some Hall of Fame voters didn't put a checkmark next to his name because he's an outspoken Republican.
Well, that's certainly one theory, Curt, isn't it?

There's a legitimate reason to wonder why Schilling didn't get anywhere near the support from voters that John Smoltz did. Their numbers aren't that different, except for Smoltz's save total.

Smoltz was elected on his first ballot, earning 82.9 percent of the vote. Schilling, meanwhile, got 39.2 percent on his third ballot. The JAWS Hall of Fame evaluation method, however, says Schilling is better than Smoltz, 64.5 vs. 54.2 on the JAWS scale.

Schilling appeared Wednesday on Boston radio station WEEI, telling the Dennis and Callahan show that he thinks his political leanings certainly didn't help. Asked why Smoltz did so much better than him on the ballot, Schilling said:
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