The former pitcher turned the page with a joke after failing to reach the 5% threshold necessary to remain on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot.
“They will tell me I’m taken off the ballot next year, but I’d first like to announce that I’m REMOVING MYSELF from next years ballot and any going forward,” Haren joked on Twitter.
The tweet came a few minutes after Curt Schilling’s lengthy online post in which the former pitcher said he wrote to the Hall of Fame, requesting to be taken off next year’s ballot.
Schilling fell 16 votes shy of the 75% needed to be elected to the Hall of Fame on Tuesday.