joe

Who is Curt schilling? -He has been pitching since 88 (16 years). -He had won more than 17 games per one-year ONLY 3 times (including last year). -When he was in Arizona, his “pitching teammates” hated his gut. Newspapers over there used to report rumors how Randy won’t even speak to him for weeks at time. Why? Well, his remarks about other teammates, his insatiable appetite for getting all the attention to himself. He also thinks he is the best pitcher out there! In the Arizona club house, he was known as the “back stabbing sun of a (gun)” according to rumors in Arizona newspapers! He made remarks about Pedro being in his own world in the club house, and Pedro was mad at him and said to the media” don’t listen to Curt, he knows nothing about me. Go ask Varitek or others who knew me for many years…” He made remarks about Nomar that no one felt free to say what he wants to say when Nomar was around! His remarks about A-Rod were uncalled for! A-Rod answered back by saying that when Curt lost game 1 of ALCS he shut up, but ever since he had won game 4 he just can’t shut up! My question is why did he make these non-sense remarks, and what was his point? Someone compared him to Tom Brady! That was very unfair to Tom. Tom is a gentleman and true sportsman. He respects his teammates, and even his opponents. Tom will never make remarks about other players even his opponents. It is matter of personality. I like Tom’s personality; I dislike Curt’s personality! Finally, when Curt expresses his opinion (Bush, Steelers, Pedro, Nomar, Randy, A-Rod…etc), he does it in such an obnoxious way to his fan. This is very un-sportsman like conduct to his fan. When most of New Englanders were rooting for Patriots, why did he show up on TV wearing Steelers jersey? Is not this an obnoxious disrespect to the fan! It was not my intention to piss off people. I am Red Sox fan and will root for Curt (I did that last year). I just do not like his personality. Most of you have had very little exposure to him (one year with 21 wins and helped Sox to win world series), but soon you will see his ugly side. Your emotionally biased opinions will change very quickly. CURT IS NO TOM BRADY!!! joe,

Curt is competitive pitcher. He is now one of the best. I love him as pitcher. I have problem with him for the followings: 1-I did not appreciate his support for George W. in the election. At least he could have kept it to himself rather than going public with it. 2-I did not appreciate his support for the Steelers against Patriots in the AFC championship game. 3-I never liked his comments about former teammate (like Pedro, or Nomar...etc). Many of his ex-teammate hated him. It was reported that the only reason Randy Johnson did not want to come to Boston was Curt’s presence. Instead he is gone to the Yankees! 4-I do not like his non-sense talks that he wins games because of Christ! We are in the 21st century! We got to be more scientific. You do not win games because of Christ; you win because of your preparations/skills and your teammate as opposed to your opponent’s preparations. Life would be a lot simpler if we do not have to strive, we just put our faith in Christ, and miracles happen! Reality is not like that, and proof is that Curt will loose some of his future games, even though he has his faith in Christ. I do not have problem with Christ or any religion, my problem is with the stupid interpretations of their followers! I know some of Curt’s cronies out there might be offended, but hey I did not make up things. I am very scientific in my remarks. By the way he is 38 years old, I am not sure he got that many bullets left in him. I predict his wins will average in the mid-upper teens in the next couple years. Look at Randy Johnson; he had only 15 wins last season. He was 41 years old, so Curt is getting there. I guess you could say that Arizona’s offense suck, but Randy did not play well in the all-star game! I like Curt as pitcher, but I dislike his personality, and do not want to have him as friend. joe,

Hi: I was looking at Manny Ramirez's 04 stats, and here is what I got: At bats (AB) = 568 Hits (H) = 175 Walks (BB) = 82 Strike outs (SO) = 124 Hit by pitch (HBP) = 6 Ground outs (GO) =130 Fly outs (AO) = 140 When I add them: H + BB + SO + HBP + GO + AO = 657 The problem with this number (657) is that Ramirez had only 568 at bats. Does anybody have any explanation to this mystery? Thanks.