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February 18, 2008

Red Light's Last Gleaming?

Via the Times:

Speaking publicly for the first time about his preference for surgery, Schilling, a 41-year-old right-hander, said he had to follow the team’s insistence on rehab because he was under contract.

“I don’t have any choice,” he said. “If their course of action doesn’t work, I don’t pitch this year, and I may never pitch again. I have to mentally get behind it and do everything I can do to make it work.”

Schilling and the Red Sox are hoping he can return around the All-Star break.

The Red Sox team physician, Dr. Thomas Gill, recommended rehab for the tendon injury. Schilling sought a second opinion from Dr. Craig Morgan, who operated on his right shoulder in 1995 and 1999. Morgan felt strongly that surgery would be best and that rehabilitation would fail and end Schilling’s career.

Hey, Curt, stick a mercurochrome "stained" sanitary sock in it, will ya? You're now as useful to the Sox as Carl Pavano is to the Yankees. You might as well get used to it.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at February 18, 2008 11:31 PM

Comments

Can Schilling sue if he feels the Red Sox unnecessarily put him at risk? I could see a case being made where Schilling sues the Sox for however long some unbiased outsider thinks he could have made for the rest of his career. I can also see big-ego Schilling actually going through with that. Or am I just nuts?

Posted by: Andrew [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 19, 2008 01:11 AM

>> Or am I just nuts? >>

No, I could see it. Although he'd be 'nuts' to go through with anything like that, considering how immortalized he's become in that town.

The fans would turn on him quicker than Damon.

Posted by: Pete [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 19, 2008 10:46 AM

According to the CBA, teams have the final word on these matters. I don't think there would be a basis for a suit. But I'd love to see it happen!

Posted by: Nick from Washington Heights [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 19, 2008 11:10 AM