Curt Schilling is not a Hall of Fame Player

Take a look at the players who have similar stats according to Baseball Reference.com

Sim Player               From  To Yrs  WAR  W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  GF  CG SHO  SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  ERA+
+---+--------------------+---------+--+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+
      Curt Schilling      1988-2007 20  76.1 216 146  .597  3.46  569 436  81  83  20  22 3261.0 2998 1318 1253 347  711 3116 127
 920  Kevin Brown         1986-2005 19  64.3 211 144  .594  3.28  486 476   1  72  17   0 3256.3 3079 1357 1185 208  901 2397 126
 900  Bob Welch           1978-1994 17  40.4 211 146  .591  3.47  506 462  20  61  28   8 3092.0 2894 1310 1191 267 1034 1969 106
 889  Orel Hershiser      1983-2000 18  52.7 204 150  .576  3.48  510 466  19  68  25   5 3130.3 2939 1366 1211 235 1007 2014 111
 883  Freddie Fitzsimmons 1925-1943 19  33.3 217 146  .598  3.51  513 425  64 186  30  13 3223.7 3335 1505 1257 187  846  870 111
 880  Milt Pappas         1957-1973 17  40.6 209 164  .560  3.40  520 465  33 129  43   4 3186.0 3046 1331 1203 298  858 1728 109
 876  John Smoltz         1988-2009 21  65.9 213 155  .579  3.33  723 481 204  53  16 154 3473.0 3074 1391 1284 288 1010 3084 124
 875* Don Drysdale        1956-1969 14  63.1 209 166  .557  2.95  518 465  34 167  49   6 3432.0 3084 1292 1124 280  855 2486 120
 873* Dazzy Vance         1915-1935 16  58.0 197 140  .585  3.24  442 349  53 216  29  11 2966.7 2809 1246 1068 132  840 2045 124
 871  Jim Perry           1959-1975 17  38.3 215 174  .553  3.45  630 447  64 109  32  10 3285.7 3127 1407 1258 308  998 1576 106
 870  Pedro Martinez      1992-2009 18  80.5 219 100  .687  2.93  476 409  23  46  17   3 2827.3 2221 1006  919 239  760 3154 153
      Curt Schilling      1988-2007 20  76.1 216 146  .597  3.46  569 436  81  83  20  22 3261.0 2998 1318 1253 347  711 3116 127
+---+--------------------+---------+--+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+
 Average of all 10 Players          17  53.7 210 148  .586  3.30  532 444  51 110  28  21 3187.3 2960 1321 1170 244  910 2132 118
 Avg of all 10 Retired Players      17  53.7 210 148  .586  3.30  532 444  51 110  28  21 3187.3 2960 1321 1170 244  910 2132 118

Only 2 (maybe 3 with Pedro Martinez) of his comparable players in the Hall of Fame.  He was  a good player, who excelled in the playoffs.  Certainly not a Hall of Fame caliber player.  BBWA will lose more credibility in my mind if he is voted in this year, or in the future.  The only thing he has going for him is an unscathed reputation, not tainted by Steroids and the BBWA seems to want to reward mediocre players (Barry Larkin) with induction if they believe they are clean.

He was in the leage for 20 years which begs the question of he was stats compiler, rather than a real super star?

More evidence against -
Career wins - 216, ranking him 82nd with Wilbur Cooper and Charlie Hough
Career ERA - 3.458 ranking him 391 between Rudy May and Paul Derringer
Win/Loss % - .5967 or 127 alltime between Warren Spahn (HOF) and Rip Sewell

http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/scomp_pitch.cgi?I=schilcu01:Curt%20Schilling&st=career&compage=&age=

Facebook Discussion on the Government 11/10/2012

Laurie Devino "So now that Obama won by 3 million votes not 6000 and liberal ballot initiatives were passed all over the county and conservatives with extreme views on abortion lost house and senate seats and an unprecedented number of women were voted into office (including the first openly gay women in the senate) does that mean the republicans need to remember that they did NOT win by a narrow margin and consensus building is important and perhaps see that the mood of the country is moving to the center and HELP set the tone?"

Jeff Herz "Laurie - "does that mean the republicans need to remember that they did NOT win by a narrow margin and consensus building is important?" YES - but will that actually register with them? I doubt it.

My fundamental problem, as opposed to Greg who is now fixated on the electoral college which has been in place for over 210 years, is that "WE THE PEOPLE" don't have a significant voice in our government anymore.

It is now "WE THE PARTY" since very rarely and only when individual earmarks (pork) for constituents districts are at stake does either party vote against their leaders regardless of if they believe in the legislation or not. If Party says no, and you want to move with your initiatives you follow the leader. It is also "WE THE CORPORATIONS" or "WE THE PACS/LOBBY' who have more time and money to spend influencing elected officials across the board, rather than if you or I go to DC to speak with our Senators or Representative. We see it on the local level too where things dont happen unless the party approves it. We need to figure out how to take our government back and make it work for the people, not for others. As citizens with different histories, theologies, ideologies, cultures, heritage, etc. Americans will never 100% agree on anything. However, for centuries and for multiple civilizations government has existed to serve the needs of the people, and we are no exception and need to get back to what its sole purpose is, to help the people."

Why Movember?

Please help support ME and my team Ray Philip, Anthony Nater, Robert Boardman, Jim Stroh in our Movember Campaign. During the month of November we'll be growing Stache's and promoting awareness about men's health issues.

• The average life expectancy for men is five years fewer than women (presently 77 years old compared to 82).
• 1 in 2 men, and 1 in 3 women, will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
• Evidence suggests that about a third of the 571,950 cancer deaths expected to occur this year will be related to obesity, physical inactivity and poor nutrition, and thus could be prevented.
• 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime.
• In 2012, 242,000 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed and more than 28,000 men will die of prostate cancer.
• Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in American males between the ages of 15 and 35.
• 8,590 men will be diagnosed with the disease in 2012 and 360 will die.
• 6 million people die every year from tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke. One person dies every six seconds.
• 1 in every 13 men will develop lung cancer.
• While not as common, men can get breast cancer. About 2,140 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed among men and about 450 men will die from the disease in 2012.
• More than 3.5 million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year in the US.
• In 2012, an estimated 13 million or 11.8% of all adult men over the age of 20 in the US have diabetes.
• Approximately 76.4 million men and women in the US have high blood pressure- 1 in 5 do not know it.
• About 1 in 3 adults has high blood pressure, and blood pressure tends to rise with age.
• Researchers estimate that at least 6 million men in the United States suffer from a depressive disorder every year.
• Four times as many men commit suicide compared with women.
• 24% of men are less likely to go to the doctor compared to women.
• Esophageal cancer in 2011, which is 3-4 times more common in men than women.
• Testicular cancer, male breast cancer, prostate cancer, all male cancers.

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Higher EDU Compliance Survey Results

A webinar I gave on April 2012 on EDU compliance survey results, after the implementaiton of the Gainful Employment Regulation act of July 2011

http://www.slideshare.net/CUnet/higher-ed-compliance-survey-results-april-2012-final

Navigating the Complex World of EDU Compliance

Here is a webinar I gave for CUnet on 11/8/2012

http://www.slideshare.net/CUnet/navigating-the-complex-world-of-compliance-webinar-nov-5-2012