Schilling is a borderline HOF candidate.

"One of the few truly divisive candidates for enshrinement who were never associated with performance-enhancing drugs, Schilling’s Hall hopes have not been helped by his somewhat frequent online indiscretions."

That is a very odd thing to say.

For better or for worse, about half the baseball HOF candidates end up being "divisive."

Al Oliver is divisive. Tim Raines is divisive. Keith Hernandez is divisive. Jeff Kent is divisive.

The list of divisive candidates is almost endless.

 

Baseball fans like to gaze at their navels and think about these things. 

Kevin Brown had five fewer wins than Schillilng and one fewer bloody sock than Schilling ... and Brown only got 2% of the HOF votes.

Maybe Brown could have gotten more attention if he had put on a MAGA cap and blogged?

 

"A right-leaning political firebrand whose failed video-game company cost Rhode Island taxpayers millions, Schilling has created headlines in his post-playing days by gleefully sharing specious xenophobic, transphobic and conspiratorial memes."

I personally think Schilling belongs in the HOF, but it's close.

I think most of the hesitance is based on his numbers and not on his character.