Schilling blogged that he's retiring after 20 seasons. I can't say I was a fan of the guy at all, but he was a clutch performer. Do you guys think he'll make the Hall of Fame? I think his regular season numbers are going to keep him out.

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The 42-year-old right-hander said on his blog he's leaving after 23 years with "zero regrets." Schilling missed all of last season with a shoulder injury after signing a one-year, $8 million contract.

 

"The things I was allowed to experience, the people I was able to call friends, teammates, mentors, coaches and opponents, the travel, all of it, are far more than anything I ever thought possible in my lifetime," he wrote.

 

Schilling had surgery last June and had said he might come back in the middle of this season. He was not under contract for this season. He made no reference to his injury on his blog.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090323/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_schilling_retires;_ylt=AlwG2trrLG4ELvuhTE7Svct34T0D

two words get him in:

Bloody sock 

two words get him shame. notice how the blood never spread more than that little dab. "red-light Curt" is what the other players called him because he was always right there posing on he edge of the dugout for the closest camera.

But hey I like the Red Sox, so all is well... 

Intellectually, I realize that while his cumulative numbers make him borderline, the quality of his dominance over a short period of time, combined with his repeated postseason dominance, should probably get him in.

As a Yankees fan, I hope he dies from flesh-eating bacteria in his heel, mouth, hands, and vocal chords, so I  guess it's a wash?