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Curt Schilling Announces Retirement
BostonHerald.com ^ | 23 March 2009 | AP

Posted on 03/23/2009 12:17:37 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper

Curt Schilling retired from baseball today, ending a career in which he won World Series titles with the Boston Red Sox [team stats] and Arizona Diamondbacks and was one of the game’s most dominant pitchers and grittiest competitors.

The 42-year-old right-hander said on his blog he’s leaving after 23 years with "zero regrets." Schilling missed all of last season with a shoulder injury after signing a one-year, $8 million contract.

"The things I was allowed to experience, the people I was able to call friends, teammates, mentors, coaches and opponents, the travel, all of it, are far more than anything I ever thought possible in my lifetime," he wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: bloodysock; yankeekiller
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Well done!!

1 posted on 03/23/2009 12:17:38 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper
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To: big'ol_freeper

One of the best pitchers in the game, and one of the coolest guys to ever play the game as well. I’m happy for him that he got his injury AFTER signing the $8mil deal and not before. I just hope congress doesn’t pass a law confiscating it; they can do that now, you know.


2 posted on 03/23/2009 12:20:15 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: big'ol_freeper

Godspeed, good man.

SnakeDoc


3 posted on 03/23/2009 12:21:36 PM PDT by SnakeDoctor (God Bless Our Troops -- Especially Our Snipers)
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To: big'ol_freeper
2010 Republican candidate for the U.S House from N.H.?
4 posted on 03/23/2009 12:26:59 PM PDT by WellyP (obama must go!)
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What hat does he wear in The Hall?


5 posted on 03/23/2009 12:28:33 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: big'ol_freeper

DAMN! I love that picture!


6 posted on 03/23/2009 12:29:39 PM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (Want to make a conservative angry? Lie to him. Want to make a liberal angry? Tell him the truth)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

I do too.


7 posted on 03/23/2009 12:32:42 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("From hell's heart I stab at thee... I spit my last breath at thee." ~ Khan Noonien Singh)
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To: massgopguy

Red Sox!


8 posted on 03/23/2009 12:35:23 PM PDT by WellyP (obama must go!)
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Just hang the bloody sock in the hall. Says it all.


9 posted on 03/23/2009 12:37:11 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ein Volk, Ein Riech, Ein Ein.)
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To: WellyP

What hat does he wear in The Hall?


10 posted on 03/23/2009 12:41:52 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: WellyP

14 days until the season starts!


11 posted on 03/23/2009 12:43:28 PM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (Want to make a conservative angry? Lie to him. Want to make a liberal angry? Tell him the truth)
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To: massgopguy

You could make a case for the Phillies or the Red Sox. He spent the most time with the Phillies and won the most games. But he won those two World Series with the Red Sox.

The dramatic bloody sock puts the Red Sox ahead by the slightest margin. But if he goes in with the Phillies, that’s reasonable.

The Diamondbacks, Orioles, and Astros do not have convincing cases.


12 posted on 03/23/2009 12:49:08 PM PDT by Our man in washington
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To: big'ol_freeper

Thanks Curt.
Good luck in the future.


13 posted on 03/23/2009 12:52:00 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: Vermont Lt
Just hang the bloody sock in the hall. Says it all.


14 posted on 03/23/2009 12:52:46 PM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
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To: Our man in washington

216 win isn’t going to get him in the Hall.


15 posted on 03/23/2009 12:53:45 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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I think he will go anyway, if just because he played for the Red Sox. Even Jim Rice made it into the hall. If Rice would have played for anyone other than Yankees or Red Sox, nobody would have ever thought he belonged. Just my humble opinion.


16 posted on 03/23/2009 1:00:40 PM PDT by refreshed
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3116 strikeouts puts him in decent company (only 16 folks have over 3K). 11-2 post-season record, including 4-1 (2.06 ERA) in 4 World Series.

But there have been no recent pitchers with less than 300 wins selected to the hall (though there are plenty of ones with less than 216).


17 posted on 03/23/2009 1:08:40 PM PDT by RabidBartender
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To: refreshed
Same goes for Schill. He was on a bunch of dogs for most of his career.
18 posted on 03/23/2009 1:22:30 PM PDT by WellyP (obama must go!)
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To: misterrob; GraniteStateConservative; nutmeg

Ping


19 posted on 03/23/2009 1:48:18 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("From hell's heart I stab at thee... I spit my last breath at thee." ~ Khan Noonien Singh)
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To: RabidBartender; Dr. Ursus

He also owns the best career strikeout-to-walk ratio of any pitcher in the modern era (1900-present).


20 posted on 03/23/2009 2:02:09 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("From hell's heart I stab at thee... I spit my last breath at thee." ~ Khan Noonien Singh)
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