There Won't Be Any Inductees In The Baseball Hall Of Fame Class Of 2021

For the first time since 1960, no new players will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. None of the 25 eligible players received 75% of the votes needed to earn a spot in Cooperstown.

Curt Schilling was the closest, falling 16 votes short and earning 71.1% of the vote. He was followed by Barry Bonds, who garnered 61.8% of the votes, and Roger Clemens, who was at 61.6%.

All three players were in their ninth year of eligibility, giving them more chance to get elected into the Hall of Fame. It is unlikely that Bonds and Clemens will get in because of their connection to the steroid era in baseball.

While Schilling arguably has the numbers to earn a spot in Cooperstown, he has seen a fair share of controversy after retiring over his personal views and several controversial statements that cost him his job at ESPN as an analyst.

After getting snubbed again, Schilling said he is done with the Hall of Fame. In a Facebook post, Schilling requested to be removed from the ballot for next year. In the lengthy post, he blamed the media for creating "a Curt Schilling that does not and has never existed." He also called two other players for cheating and their efforts to cover up their steroid use.

"I've played with wife beaters, adulterers, assaulted, drug addicts and alcoholics. I've never hit a woman, driven drunk, done drugs, PEDs or otherwise, assaulted anyone or committed any sort of crime," Schilling wrote. "But I'm now somehow in a conversation with two men who cheated, and instead of being accountable they chose to destroy others lives to protect their lie."

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