McAdam: On voting, the Hall of Fame and the Curt Schilling I once knew
Ken Rosenthal said stuck with me. The news Curt Schilling had fallen 16 votes shy of election, followed by Schilling's 1,200-word screed in which he expressed his wish to be removed from the ballot, led Rosenthal to some introspection. He recalled first covering Schilling in 1988 when Schilling made his major league debut with the Baltimore Orioles and wondered aloud what had happened in the last 33 years. "This,'' said Rosenthal, in reference to Schilling's latest rantings, "is not the Curt Schilling I knew.'' I found myself nodding in agreement. I didn't get to know Schilling until he jo...