For The Love Of God Curt, Stop Talking
Curt Schilling is done for the year.
As far as we know, he hasn’t been in any contact with his Red Sox teammates, hasn’t even been to Fenway Park this season, and for the most part, is being paid $8 million to sit at home.
You would think he would just ride it out and come back next season.
Nope.
From Rotoworld:
Curt Schilling revealed Tuesday that he had a physical altercation with Manny Ramirez in 2005.
According to Schilling, they “had to be broken up” after Ramirez took offense to Schilling commenting on his sitting out a game when the Red Sox’s outfield was thin due to a Trot Nixon injury. “When you look at what happened and how it went down, and how much effort was expended to make sure that Manny wasn’t here at the end of the trading deadline, you have to kind of trust the fact that it wasn’t working,” Schilling said. Meanwhile, Ramirez is hitting .615 with two homers and five RBI through three games with the Dodgers.
For the love of God Curt, please stop talking.
What was the point of releasing this? To boost the Red Sox’s goodwill among the fans? To help justify a trade that really didn’t make sense in terms of the Dodger Side or the Red Sox side of it, when you think about it.
Did the Red Sox brass ask Curt to release this? Did they expect this response from the average Red Sox fan?
Manny hit Captain Curt?! Fuck him, let’s trade him!
Maybe I’m giving Schilling too much credit. Maybe all this was was just one more attempt of Schilling trying to keep the spotlight on himself one more minute before it goes away forever once the season is over.
And it brings the point back to the common flaw about Schilling.
When it’s all said in done, what will you remember Schilling as the post-season ace that he was for much of his career?
Or the loudmouth that tooted his own horn one too many times?