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Being a lefty myself, he was my favorite pitcher of the '90s. Hard to believe he's 46 already, but he managed to change his approach as he got older and managed to stay a productive player past his prime.

 

The question now is which cap he'll wear into the Hall of Fame. Is he the first ever player to go in as a Diamondback?

"[baseball]'s a stupid game sometimes." -- Ryan Braun

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Yeah, he'd be the first-ever Diamondback. If--for whatever reason--he went in as a Mariner, he'd be the first ever from that team, too.

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Boy he was amazing in his prime. My favorite memory was him vs Kruk in the Mid Summer Classic. Tremendous!

 

My friends and I would always talk about what it would be like to stand in there on the left side vs his slider and fastball. I think I would have soiled myself.

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I know it's a stretch considering he played more years as a Phillie and the same number of seasons in Boston, but I could see Schilling going in as a D-Back.

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What was that product he endorsed a few years back? Some workout thing where you just shook a three foot bar for a while.
"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
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I think an Arizona cap is more likely for Johnson, and a Boston cap more likely for Schilling -- when it comes down to baseball history, their most memorable moments came with those teams. Johnson had one of the greatest stretches ever by a pitcher (take a look at those strikeout totals) and a perfect game with the Diamondbacks, and Schilling will be remembered more for the bloody sock and helping the Red Sox win their first title in 80+ years more than anything. I actually think it would be pretty cool to see them go in together, but Schilling strikes me as a guy who might have trouble getting voted in (at least that early) -- he doesn't have gaudy traditional numbers and tended to rub some reporters the wrong way.

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