Curt Schilling does not decide whether to remain on the ballot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Hall’s board of directors should also not decide. Schilling needs to stay in the vote for a simple reason: because he says this according to Hall rules.
The rules for the election of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, listed on the Hall website, include the following passage about how a six-member writer selection committee forms the ballot:
“The duty of the Selection Committee will be to prepare an alphabetical list of ballots of eligible candidates who (1) received a vote on a minimum of five percent (5%) of the ballots issued in the previous election or (2) are eligible by first time and are appointed by any two of the six members of the BBWAA Selection Committee. “
Nothing in the rules says that candidates or the Hall itself can override these two routes, so the discussion …