After he didn\'t receive the required 75% of votes for enshrinement in Cooperstown, Curt Schilling asked to be removed from the writers\' ballot next year in a lengthy Facebook post.
\"I will not participate in the final year of voting. I am requesting to be removed from the ballot. I\'ll defer to the veterans committee and men whose opinions actually matter and who are in a position to actually judge a player,\" Schilling wrote. \"I don\'t think I\'m a hall of famer as I\'ve often stated but if former players think I am then I\'ll accept that with honor.\"
Hall of Fame board chairman Jane Forbes Clark said in a statement that the board \"will consider the request at our next meeting.\"
