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PHOENIX For Curt Schilling, the ninth time was not the charm as the former D-backs right-hander fell 16 votes short of being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
For the first time since 1960, the Hall of Fame will not have a new group of electees this year.
It was Schilling s ninth year on the ballot, and by rule, he will have one more chance to be voted in by the Baseball Writers Association of America. After that, his fate will be in the hands of various historical committees.
In a letter sent to the Hall of Fame on Monday, Schilling wrote that if he was inducted he wanted to wear a D-backs hat on his plaque.
Right-hander Curt Schilling fell 16 votes shy of induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Schilling won three World Series titles (2001 with Arizona Diamondbacks, 2004 and 2007 with Boston Red Sox).
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