01-28-2021, 08:27 PM
rjmacs wrote:
[quote=vision63]
[quote=rjmacs]
Curt Schilling is a confirmed bigot. Go ahead and give him more honors - it will only diminish what the HoF means to most Americans.
The Hall of Fame should "only" mean the best of the best. Period. Otherwise, what's the point? There isn't any other point. Really, anyone that feels otherwise, needs to acknowledge that they don't care about baseball.
I didn't write the HoF's instructions on voting:
Baseball Hall of Fame wrote:
Voting shall be based upon the player’s record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played.
Every instruction in baseball "used" to include deeply seated deliberate racist instructions. They changed that. Their exclusion of players that broke zero rules is patently unfair and they need to change that too. Pete Rose actually broke a clearly stated rule. If he had capitulated and fallen on his sword, they would have allowed him in too (as they should) since he's an absolute legend.
The Hall shouldn't be there to punish anyone. How are they gonna have a year when NOBODY gets in by the hands of pencil pushing, never played a lick purists making the choices?