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The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2021 Hall of Fame ballot. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. All WAR figures refer to the Baseball-Reference version unless otherwise indicated.
The surge via which the Baseball Writers Association of America elected a record 22 Hall of Fame candidates over a seven-year span is over, as the voters pitched a shutout on Tuesday, their second in the past decade, fourth since the return to annual balloting in 1966, and ninth since the Hall’s inception in 1936. Collectively the 401 voters who participated showed enough ambivalence towards the top four returning candidates Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Omar Vizquel, all of whom have non-performance-related marks against them that were increasingly aired during the cycle to keep them on the outside looking in,
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NEW YORK It’s Tuesday evening in Texas. Former Major Leaguer Jeff Kent was working on his ranch when he was informed that he fell short of being elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In his eighth year of eligibility, Kent garnered 32.4 percent of the ballot, up from 27.5 percent in 2020. No player on the 2021 ballot received the 75 percent required for election.
The Baseball Writers Association of America has two more chances to put Kent into Cooperstown. If the BBWAA doesn’t vote him in, Kent’s last chance will be the Today s Game Era Committee.
“There is not a whole lot I can control. I didn’t lobby for myself,” Kent said via telephone. “There is still confusion on the overall ballot. I think people are still scratching their heads on what they want to do with steroid guys or guys that gave political opinions. … I think it is crazy how people debate it one way or the other. Maybe that’s why I have a cold view of it right now.
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His incendiary remarks sparked extensive debate over whether he deserved baseball’s ultimate honor.
Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox tips his cap to the fans in Fenway Park during the 2007 World Series. | Winslow Townson/AP Photo
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The Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday chose not to induct Curt Schilling, the star pitcher whose candidacy was colored by controversial political statements.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, based in Cooperstown, N.Y., announced that Schilling had received 71 percent of the vote (285 of 401)
from the writers who make up its electorate, leaving him short of the required 75 percent.
Then, it all came crashing down. I knew something wasn t right for sure just because I couldn t really put too much pressure on (my left knee), Glass said. But for the first week, I didn t even know that (my left ACL) was torn, and our trainers were telling me that it might have been something with my hamstring. I didn t find out until about a week later when I took an MRI. That s when they told me.
Glass said he sustained his season-ending knee injury after catching a pass and planting awkwardly in a Week 6 win at LaPorte on Sept. 25. He walked off the field under his own power thinking he would return, but when it was confirmed that Glass high school football career was over, he was heartbroken.