Red Sox Monster: Schilling: ‘I don’t think I deserve to be in the Hall of Fame’

Or as novelist turned Superbasist, Honoré de Balzack Wheat, once said…“Modesty is the conscience of the bloody red sock.”

Building on his popular appearances on WEEI Radio as “Curt in the Car,” Curt Schilling made his debut as an in-studio analyst on WEEI’s “Big Show” this afternoon, weighing in on everything from Jason Varitek’s future (predictable answer) to playing with Manny Ramirez (predictable answer).

Then, Schilling said something a little more jarring. He said he doesn’t belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame:

  “I feel very good about what I was able to do, I’m very proud of my career,” Schilling said when posed the question by a caller. “I did [20] years—far more than I ever expected. But I played with Randy Johnson, I played with Pedro Martinez, I played with Dale Murphy. I played with guys that have [Cy Young Award] plaques. I’d like to think I did well. I’d like to think that, if I had a must-win game, the guys I played with would want me to have the ball. But no, I don’t think I deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.”

Well. I’ll. Be. Damned.

Say what you want about Schilling. Call him a loudmouth, a blowhard, or a computer nerd of epic proportions.

It’s statements such as these that make him different than your average ballplayer, throwing a from-the-gut statement out there that could easily be used against him in the future. Moreover, he makes a pitch for two teammates, Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez, whom he easily compared favorably to when he was in his prime.