For many of us, we never particularly cared for Curt Schilling during his MLB playing days. Schilling played for five different teams \u2013 including the much-despised Red Sox and Phillies \u2013 and was considered a staff ace for most of his career. Yet while many of us rooted against Schilling and his teams, very few of us ever questioned his skills or tenacity; see Schilling\u2019s 2004 \u2018bloody sock\u2019 incident for reference. If we\u2019re being honest, most of us would have loved to have him pitching for our team.<\/p>\n
During his career, Schilling was famous as a ballplayer and nothing else. If he ever weighed in on political matters during that time, his comments were subtle and relatively benign; the way active athletes should approach politics.<\/p>\n
Since his retirement in Boston in 2007, however, Schilling has been vocal in speaking out for conservative causes, to the point many now associate the right-hander more with his opinions than with his once-great, lights-out four-seam fastball.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s particularly admirable about Schilling\u2019s pro-America, right-wing activism is the question of his Hall of Fame eligibility. When we say Curt Schilling was a great pitcher, we\u2019re not exaggerating. More so than with any other professional sport, admittance to Cooperstown is especially difficult to achieve, and Schilling has been right on the cusp of election for several years now.<\/p>\n
Only the best of the best reach that highly coveted honor and players are reliant on the favor of the Baseball Writers Association of America, a group that tends heavily to the political left. S<\/p>\n