Curt Schilling Retires With 'Zero Regrets'

After 20 seasons, Curt Schilling announces his retirement.


ESPN's Peter Gammons reflects on Schilling.

Schilling's Season Is Over, May Not Pitch Again

If Curt's Career Is Over, I'm sure the next stop for Curt will be in the Baseball Hall Of Fame. Curt was a member of three World Series Winning Teams (2001 Diamondbacks, 2004 & 2007 Red Sox) and became a member of the 3,000 strikeout club in 2007.

Bartolo Colon Looking To Replace Curt Schilling In Rotation

Former AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon agreed Monday to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox and will report to spring training.

The 34-year-old Colon right-hander was 6-8 with a 6.34 ERA in 19 games last season with the Los Angeles Angels.

He has been slowed by injuries, opening last year on the disabled list with a partial tear in his right rotator cuff and later going out with problems in his elbow.

If healthy, Colon could take a spot in the rotation that opened when Curt Schilling got hurt.

Curt Schilling Shoulder Issues Trouble Red Sox Nation

Boston hero Curt Schilling, still struggling with shoulder issues, will not be ready for the start of spring training, the Boston Globe reported on its Web site, citing sources with direct knowledge of the situation.

Furthermore, Schilling is engaged in a dispute with the team over whether he needs surgery. The Red Sox, according to the report, even went so far as to try to void the pitcher's $8 million contract for 2008.

Schilling's current shoulder problems are more serious than the ones that sidelined him for over a month last summer, the newspaper reported. His availability for the start of the season is already in question, and surgery would put his availability for the entire year in doubt.

According to the Globe, Schilling's doctor has recommended surgery, while the club wants him to pursue an alternate course. The newspaper did not speculate specifically as to what that other course would be.

In response to an e-mail from the Globe seeking comment, Schilling replied, "I cannot comment right now on any of this, sorry!" Red Sox GM Theo Epstein gave a "no comment" reply when contacted.

After an 86-year title drought, the Red Sox have won two of the last four World Series. Schilling played the hero in Boston's 2004 title run, pitching a dominant Game 6 of the ALCS against the Yankees in the now-famous "Bloody Sock" game.

If The Shoulder Issues are as serious as what the reports are saying, Curt Schilling should retire. If his 2008 Season is in doubt, he should just retire, especially when he said 2008 would be his last season anyway.

Red Sox win Game Two Of the 2007 World Series 2-1

There's more than one way to rough up the Rockies.

Boston's big bats battered them in the World Series opener. Then October ace Curt Schilling and a stingy bullpen shut down Colorado in Game 2.
Relying more on guile than pure gas, Schilling pitched Boston to a 2-1 victory Thursday night and a 2-0 lead in the World Series over the suddenly stagnant Rockies.

Lowell hit a tiebreaking double in the fifth and the Red Sox got 3 2-3 innings of shutout relief from Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon to win their sixth straight Series game, including a sweep of St. Louis in 2004.

That victory ended an 86-year title drought and set off a wild winter of celebrations all over New England. Two more wins this year and the party's on again.

The Series shifts to spacious Coors Field for Game 3 on Saturday night, when $103 million rookie Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches for Boston against Josh Fogg.

With no designated hitter allowed, the Red Sox must decide whether to play hobbling slugger David Ortiz at first base or leave his mighty bat on the bench.

If they keep getting this kind of pitching, it might not matter.

Game Three of the 2007 World Series is Saturday Night on Fox.

Curt Schilling pitching tonight for Red Sox in game Six

Curt Schilling pitches tonight in his first Game Six since "The Bloody Sock Game", Game Six of the 2004 American League Championship Series,


In Game Five on Thursday Night, Josh Beckett, blocking out everything but Jason Varitek's target, dominated the Cleveland Indians for the second time and Manny Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a 390-foot single as the Red Sox stayed alive in the AL championship series with a 7-1 win Thursday night in Game 5.
Kevin Youkilis set the tone with a first-inning homer off C.C. Sabathia. The Red Sox, trailing 3-2, sent the best-of-seven series back to Fenway Park to continue a season that was on the brink of being canned for the cold New England winter.

The Red Sox - and Beckett - have done this before. And clearly, Ramirez & Co. cared.

"We weren't trying to win three games in one night," Youkilis said. "We were just going out there to play the game, go out there and fight and do whatever we had to do to win."

In 2004, Boston rallied from an 0-3 deficit to win the 2004 ALCS against the New York Yankees and went on to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals in four straight for its first World Series title since 1918.

Tonight in Game Six of the American League Championship Series, Curt Schilling pitches in his first Game Six since "The Bloody Sock Game" Game Six of the 2004 American League Championship Series. Fausto Carmona pitches for the Indians. The Red Sox have to win to force a seventh game, which would be played on Sunday Night at Fenway Park in Boston.