Posted on 10/29/2004 7:33:13 AM PDT by wjersey
BOSTON— Newly minted World Series hero Curt Schilling canceled a scheduled campaign appearance with President Bush on Friday, saying his doctors advised him not to travel because of his injured ankle.
An e-mailer identifying himself as the Boston Red Sox pitcher posted a message on the bostondirtdogs.com Web site saying, "I am now not medically cleared to do anything until I see Doc on Sunday, so I cannot travel with President Bush."
Schilling, who has been known to contribute frequently to online fan forums, did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press on Friday.
The pitcher endorsed Bush in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" Thursday, a day after the Red Sox won the franchise's first World Series championship in 86 years.
In his e-mail, Schilling said he should have kept his opinion to himself.
"While I am a Bush supporter, and I did vote for him with an absentee ballot, speaking as I did the other day was wrong. While I hope to see him re-elected, it's not my place, nor the time for me to offer up my political opinions unsolicited," he said.
Schilling turned in one of the most memorable performances in postseason history this year, winning Game 2 of the World Series and Game 6 of the American League Championship Series with his ankle sutured to protect a torn sheath around his Achilles' tendon.
I'll wheel you around in a chair if you need me to!
I wonder who slapped him down. Those are not the words of a happy man.
can we email curt? his doctors might be democrats
this smells...
Great -- I imagine some kind of threat here...
Hmmm... do you think uber-RAT John Henry is his doctor?
Oh Oh Maybe sKerry got to him? (/sarcasm)
does he have a webpage? i would like to contact him to change his mind
In other words, I got my a$$ chewed out...
This is journalism today? A posted on a website? From someone who claims to be Curt Schilling?
WTF?
Hey reporters, pulling the finger out of your nose, picking up the phone and getting a quote.
SHEESSSHHE Ridiculous.
Red Sox managemnt?
It sounds like it came from the baseball association.
He has a charitable foundation. I suspect donations to that foundation were threatened.
Regards, Ivan
Doesn't matter. He's already made his mark on sKerry's boney behind on GMA with socialist Charlie Gibson.
"I wonder who slapped him down. Those are not the words of a happy man."
The owners did. Both have donated to the Kerry campaign. One even appeared with him at at rally.
or death threats.....
http://bostondirtdogs.com/
Where did Bostondirtdogs.com get this "quote"? Look at the doctored photo over the quote? Have AP and USA Today been taken in?
"VOTER INTIMIDATION and FREEDOM OF SPEECH"
I bet the heavies in the Red Sox organization told him to zip it.
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