Schilling Out for Season, Career?
The Boston Herald is reporting that Curt Schilling has a “significant” shoulder injury that could require season-ending surgery. Of course, at 41 years of age and with a one-year, $8 million contract, this surgery just might be career-ending. The Herald is saying that the injury is to either his rotator cuff or labrum and serious enough to require surgery. Also according to the report, the Red Sox looked into whether or not they can void the contract they agreed to three months ago.
Update: Schilling has agreed to pass on surgery and sit out until the All-Star break. Apparently, Schilling and Dr. Morgan were for surgery, while the Sox and Dr. Gil were backing rest and recuperation. Under the terms of the CBA, the ultimate decision was made by the team physician for the New York Mets. Call me pessimistic, but I’m counting on seeing #38 much this season, if at all.
The irony of it all was how people were talking about the Sox having “Too Much Pitching”. While the old cliche is, “You can never have enough pitching.” Many were starting to wonder if Boston just might prove that adage wrong. With Beckett, Matsuzaka, Lester, Buchholz, Wakefield, and Schilling some thought Boston should take a long hard look at going with a 6-man rotation.
I had high hopes for Schilling in ‘08 and while I couched my predictions with the standard out clause of “if they can keep him off the DL”, I certainly never saw this coming. For the time being things are real quiet and nothing seems to be coming out of Fenway or 38Pitches.com. I imagine the official word will come out tomorrow, but you never can tell.
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February 8th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Schilling has finally posted on his blog. He states that at no time was he going against the team’s wishes and simply insisted on getting a second opinion from his own doctor. Once it was determined there was some disagreement between the team doctor and Schilling’s doctor, he agreed to get a third opinion from an independent doctor of the team’s choosing. When that doctor agreed with the original opinion, Schilling agreed. He also stated that at no time did anyone diagnose him with a torn rotator cuff.
Schilling’s Response
April 11th, 2008 at 2:43 am
It is one of things I can never understand … how people can think that way. It’s so illogical that it can only be based upon moronity.