Curt Schilling has once again failed to make the Hall of Fame.The 22-year MLB pitcher, who made his argument largely with the Phillies, Diamondbacks and Red Sox, gained only 71.1 percent of the ballots needed for enshrinement in Cooperstown just 16 votes shy of the minimum needed. He earned 70 percent of the votes in 2020.This was likely Schilling's best remaining chance to make the Hall of Fame, considering it was an overall weak cla s apart from Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens players whose Jordan Crawford Jersey careers were marred by PED allegations (they had 61.8 and 61.6 percent of the ballots nece sary for enshrinement, respectively). Schilling was consistently great over his playing career, earning six All-Star nods and three World Series rings, including MVP honors in 2001 with Arizona. He never won a Cy Young Award, though that wouldn't have been enough to keep him from enshrinement.Regardle s, Schilling whose post-career controversies are the reason he hasn't already been inducted into the Hall of Fame has requested to be left off the ballots in 2022, his final year of eligibility. He will leave his Hall of Fame fate in the hands of the "Veterans Committee," the unofficial name for committees charged with selecting players whose initial 10 years of eligibility have concluded.MORE: Following the Tuesday New Orleans Pelicans Jersey announcement that no player would be enshrined in 2021, Schilling made public a 1,136-word letter he penned to members of the Hall of Fame. He wrote to members ahead of Tuesday's announcement with the a sumption he would not meet the minimum 75 percent requirement to be enshrined."I wanted to reiterate this final Nikola Mirotic Jersey point," Schilling wrote (). "I will not participate in the final year of voting. I am requesting to be removed from the ballot. Ill defer to the veterans committee and men whose opinions actually matter and who are in a position to actually judge a player. I dont think Im a Hall of Famer as Ive often stated but if former players think I am then Ill accept that with honor."In his letter, Schilling took members of the media to task for reporting and sharing what he described as hit pieces to his integrity, which he claims is the main reason he has mi sed out on the Hall of Fame thus far. The Baseball Writers' A sociation of America votes on who makes the Hall of Fame among players in their first 10 years of eligibility."Having said all that the media has created a Curt Schilling that does not and has never existed," Schilling wrote. "Its one of the things that has allowed me to sleep at night. Not an ounce of that is to absolve myself of sin, Lord knows Ive committed my share and will do so again JJ Redick Jersey . Never malicious, never to willfully or intentionally hurt another person. I was 100% accountable and still am. Even the thought of responding to claims of 'Nazi' or 'racist' or any other term so watered down and rendered meaningle s by spinele s cowards who have never met me makes me ill. In modern times responding to such drivel somehow validates the claim Brandon Ingram Jersey ."Schilling's list of controversies are long and well-documented. He was for offensive social media posts regarding the state of North Carolina's controversial bathroom bill; later that November, he tweeted that journalist lynchings are and he claims Orioles outfielder Adam Jones at Fenway Park.There's more to his controversial history than that, but the potential coup de grace might be to insurrectionists who stormed Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 after voting had concluded for the Baseball Hall of Fame amid unfounded claims of voter fraud.Whether Schilling makes the Hall of Fame remains to be seen, but that last item likely ensures he won't get in on account of the BBWAA.