Curt Schilling
Curt Schilling
Curtis Montague Schillingis an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher, former video game developer, and former baseball color analyst. He helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series in 1993, and won championships in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in 2004 and 2007 with the Boston Red Sox. Schilling retired with a career postseason record of 11–2, and his .846 postseason winning percentage is a major-league record among pitchers with at least ten decisions. He is a...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth14 November 1966
CountryUnited States of America
Any way you slice it, they were better than us, ... I hope they go on and win it.
As good an offense as ours, we're going up against (one) so there's less margin for error than there has been. I'll be ready.
They don't happen a lot. For some guys, they never happen. You cherish the ones you had before, and you look forward to some more.
We're playing in an environment in the last decade that's been tailored to produce offensive numbers anyway, with the smaller ballparks, the smaller strike zone and so forth,
The problem with hitters I think was they weren't sure who he (Pedro) wanted to hit. And he wasn't afraid to hit anybody.
Real spotty comment on my fastball today and to go out against a kid that's throwing the ball as well as Brendan threw the ball today,
Our offense is so good, ... We've been bad pitching-wise for five months and we've managed to win more than we've lost.
I was more upset about the walk. I didn't want to do something stupid to get the tying run to the plate.
I wasn't sure what I was going to be this year. I feel I'm pitching better than I ever have.
In the fifth inning I thought I got more comfortable. I didn't throw my first split until the ninth hitter of the game, which is not something that happens to me a lot. I only think I threw three in the first four innings. A lot of that was confidence. I didn't feel real comfortable with it.
I'll tell you this. It's exciting being around this kid, because he has a chance to be special. And just being able to watch it has been as fun as anything.
I'll tell you this, ... If I go out every time from here on out and feel like I did last night, I'll win more than I lose. And when we get to October, I'll be the pitcher I was last year and the year before.
I know guys who use and don't admit it because they think it means they don't work hard. And I know plenty of guys now are mixing steroids with human growth hormone. Those guys are pretty obvious.
I'm nervous, anxious. It's been two years since I've been the guy I was. Until I do what I did before, there's a lot of questions.