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Please do not take this the wrong way.

You went on national and local TV today - and said there was "no better place to shut the fans up than Yankee Stadium". I do believe all New York fans heard your message loud and clear.

My advice to you - even though you do not need it - would be to make those statements after you beat the Yankees - and not prior to getting your as* kicked in front of 50,000 Yankees fans.

Now - please sit on the pine - and shut up.
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My 18 year old son's English assignment was to write a ballad about a current event. Even though he is an Astro fan I think he hit the nail on the head.


The Stage Was Set by Tyler Carlson

The stage was set, a New York night
The fans they lost their minds
A play gone bad unleashed the fad
Wreaked havoc of all kinds

The cops were called to solve it all
As safety lost its hold
But would the fuzz defuse the buzz
Before the mood grew cold

The game went on the Sox grew strong
Momentum switched their way
The Yankee pride had lost its stride
As Schilling saved the day

Don't close the book on the Red Sox
Their season is not through
They lived to play another day
Let this inspire you
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Originally posted by itsinthegame:
You went on national and local TV today - and said there was "no better place to shut the fans up than Yankee Stadium".

If this strikes you as "in your face" trash talking then you are, to say the least, a very sensitive person. I've heard it said in all the major sports, time & again, that players love to go out and silence the crowd on the road. I think it's obvious to most people outside of New York that it must be especially pleasing to quiet a New York crowd as they obviously can be rather vocal and shall we say.....slightly obnoxios and oh yeah....rude and maybe a little ....um..fowl mouthed.

Granted, he didn't quiet the crowd in game 1 but Schilling certainly earned his ....um...stripes...shall we say by displaying the kind of guts he showed in game 6 and again in game 2 of the World Series.
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Originally posted by itsinthegame:
Shilling should keep his blowhole shut - pitch well - and let the fans do the talking.

Lastly - at $10-15 million per year - he better show some guts.

He's certainly well paid but to potentially put the remainder of his career on the line by playing with this injury is something that many fans find admirable. That kind of passion isn't exactly easily found among today's players.

By the way, for all the money paid to these players the owners actually like them to communicate with the press. They've discovered that fans enjoy reading quotes in the paper and seeing interviews on tv.
When he said it I was disapointed. It was out of left field and good bulletin board stuff. He bought into the rivalry. I let it slide and figured he learned something when he lost.

I was happy he let his play do his talking in Game 6, ashe did the rest of the year.

The NY press is pounding him; Who cares.
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As inspirational and impressive as he is on days he pitches, that's how annoying and insufferable Curt Schilling is on all other days. Yesterday was particularly bad because Schilling had a microphone in front of him instead of a batter and was called upon to talk about his three favorite subjects: Me, myself and I. ...

Yet it's hard to fathom a player who's more self-centered, self-aggrandizing and in-your-face than the con man they call "Shill."


News Day- Jon Heyman

I can't make character judgements about somebody based on a few innings work. He had a great year and didn't quit, or let up when he got hurt. Guts fits, I think.
I understand.

For me - Admirable would be winning and losing with class and keeping your mouth shut.

The guy went out and pitched a baseball game.
Big deal. He gets paid alot of money to do just that. I find nothing admirable about that - other than the fact that he went out and earned his keep - just like we all do.

The bloodsoaked sock - the "true grit" profile - is just a bunch of bs hype that generates good sales numbers for the media. The guy has a minor injury that he is playing through. So what? My guess is they will start comparing him to Audie Murphy soon.

Lets be honest about it - I wonder how many people would like to watch the game with a real announcer (instead of the McCarvers and Bucks of the world). No bs - just baseball.

It would be nice. Just once.
Of course - just my opinion.
Don't start me on FOX. The broadcast is very disapointing. I'm hoping for a short series now and one of the main reasons is FOX. I just can't look at another ad for Dr. House, Obnoxious Boss, or Nanny 911.

I hate starting the half inning with the ball half way to the plate.

McCarver and Buck were huge Yankee homers until game 7 of the ALCS, it was sickening. They finally quit cheering for the Cards at the end of game 2 of the WS.

Thank God they canned catcher cam, but thet traded it in for "Dirt Cam", a camera sticking out of the ground. Please, end the misery.

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