{"id":1764482,"date":"2022-12-06T07:59:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T12:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764482"},"modified":"2022-12-06T10:48:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T15:48:28","slug":"curt-schilling-snubbed-by-cooperstown-once-again-stuns-baseball-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curt-schilling-snubbed-by-cooperstown-once-again-stuns-baseball-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Curt Schilling Snubbed by Cooperstown Once Again Stuns Baseball Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcurt-schilling-snubbed-by-cooperstown-once-again-stuns-baseball-fans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764482&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">Curt Schilling was one of the greatest MLB pitchers of his generation; however, his pursuit of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baseball Hall of Fame<\/a> eluded him again on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/fred-mcgriff-elected-baseball-hall-of-fame-barry-bonds-roger-clemens-curt-schilling-left-out-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fred McGriff<\/a> was elected to Cooperstown through the contemporary baseball era committee. He received unanimous support from the 16 members of the committee \u2013 comprised of Hall members, executives and baseball writers. Schilling, along with Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, failed to get eight of the 12 votes required to make it to Cooperstown through the committee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/Curt-Schilling2.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling tips his cap to fans as he is taken out of the World Series against the Colorado Rockies in Boston on Oct. 25, 2007.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling tips his cap to fans as he is taken out of the World Series against the Colorado Rockies in Boston on Oct. 25, 2007.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Reuters\/Brian Snyder)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Baseball fans hoping Schilling got into the Hall of Fame believed that comments made about Muslims, transgender people and others penalized him and overlooked what he has done in his career. On the field, his resume checked all the boxes.<\/p>\n<p>He was a six-time All-Star, three-time World Series champion, World Series MVP and National League Championship Series MVP. He finished runner-up for the Cy Young Award three times. He led the National League and American League in wins one-time each.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/Curt-Schilling3.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling after giving up an RBI double to Cleveland Indians&#039; Victor Martinez during the ALCS playoff series in Boston, Oct. 13, 2007.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling after giving up an RBI double to Cleveland Indians&#8217; Victor Martinez during the ALCS playoff series in Boston, Oct. 13, 2007.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/rangers-sign-jacob-degrom-five-year-185-million-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RANGERS SIGN JACOB DEGROM TO FIVE-YEAR, $185 MILLION DEAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He played 20 years in the majors and finished with a 3.46 ERA and 3,116 strikeouts. He is one of 19 pitchers to record 3,000 or more strikeouts. The only retired pitchers in the club who are not in the Hall of Fame are Schilling, Clemens and CC Sabathia. Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are still playing.<\/p>\n<p>After the announcement was made, fans came to the defense of Schilling for his performances during his playing career.<\/p>\n<p>Schilling congratulated McGriff for getting into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congratulations to the CRIME DOG! A well-earned honor my friend! God Bless!&#8221; the former pitcher wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/Curt-Schilling.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Curt Schilling throws against the Yankees in New York, May 10, 2006.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Curt Schilling throws against the Yankees in New York, May 10, 2006.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Reuters\/Pool\/Files)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Known as the &#8220;Crime Dog,&#8221; McGriff hit .284 in his 19-year career that ended with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He hit 493 home runs and had a 52.6 bWAR. He won a World Series with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/atlanta-braves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlanta Braves<\/a> in 1995.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curt Schilling was one of the greatest MLB pitchers of his generation; however, his pursuit of the Baseball Hall of Fame eluded him again on Sunday.Fred McGriff was elected to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1764485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1764482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1764485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}