Dom Giordano discusses the upcoming announcement from the Baseball Writer’s Association of America regarding their 2021 inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Within the discussion, many writers have publicly spoken about one particular nominee, former Phillies, Diamondbacks, and Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. In an opinion piece for Sportsnet, sportswriter Shi Davidi writes, “In the past I forced myself into an objective evaluation of his career, which baseball-wise is pretty compelling, and overlooked my discomfort with the things he was saying and the way he was using his platform. But I just couldn’t do it again amid his ongoing demonization of political opponents as enemies, frequent insertion of three Ks in place of the 'C' in Democrats and his spreading of conspiracy theories, not when the consequences of such a poisoned discourse have surfaced.” Dom takes umbrage with this, arguing that people with much worse histories than Schilling, including those of violence, have been welcomed into Hall of Fames, citing OJ Simpson as an example in the NFL Hall of Fame. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)
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