For a guy who hasn’t pitched in over a year, Curt Schilling still manages to keep his name in the news like Britney Spears making a comeback album. Perhaps it’s because he keeps his own blog — 38 Pitches — and because he would have an opinion on the modern proliferation of food poisoning claims against wealthy private homeowners if you asked him for one. Oh yeah, and the guy would also like to remind you that he still is a pitcher in his spare time. In fact, as Deadspin pointed out, Schilling offered up his services to a few teams:
I have said to no one, including myself, that I am definitely coming back, because it’s not true. However if I did, the Cubs, and Tampa, were they to need a starting pitcher for the 2nd half of the season and into October, would be 2 situations I’d be very interested in.
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So I’ll be clear here. If I do feel I can be better than I was in 2007, and I do decide to come back, AND either of those teams is in the market for a starting pitcher (because lets face it, both teams have what could be outstanding rotations) I would DEFINITELY be interested in both. The Cubs present as much of a cool challenge for me as the Red Sox did in 04, and Tampa has a roster of guys I’d love to play with.
Schilling also pointed out that the teams mentioned above were not an all-inclusive list, specifically saying that the Red Sox were a possibility, but it happens that they’re already pretty stacked. Now I know a lot of people are pretty sick of Curt Schilling, but I’ll actually defend the guy by saying he’s been such a clutch pitcher this decade that he’s earned the right to have this much attention. I don’t see the storybook ending unfolding where Schilling returns from an arm that basically fell off to lead the Cubs to their first W.S. title in like 100 years, but I would like to see him pitching for someone in October. And yes, that means I’d take him on the Angels in two seconds if he’s interested.
