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
I know there are a lot of people that don't want to hear it, but when I look back on it, stuff-wise, that's every bit as good as I threw the ball last year from a pure physical standpoint, ... Every time I needed to reach back, I felt like I did and had something extra on the ball. I had all four of my pitches. I just didn't pitch well. I'm not used to that. I'm not used to feeling that good and not pitching well. That was kind of odd for me.
I know that people are going to bash the guy in the manager's office for leaving me out there, but I felt great. I know myself. It had come down to I didn't make my pitches.
I knew how we were defending the batter. I felt that if I didn't catch the ball, it was a hit. It was just a reaction kind of thing.
I knew everybody off the field was going to be making a much bigger issue with the results than I was, than we were,
I have two options: quit or find a way to be better. I'll be better before this is over.
I have two options. I can quit or I can find a way to get better. I'm going to be better. I'm going to be better before this is all over. I'm going to be the guy that they count on to throw seven, eight, nine innings every fifth day, and it's going to be sooner rather than later in my mind.
I knew coming into this series which game I was going to pitch. I knew it had a chance to be the swing game.
I'm just kind of settling back into what I did before, ... Having not started a game in what, four months, you don't forget how to do it, but there are little things that go with the day and the game that you try to settle yourself back into and get comfortable with.
I really believe that in our division, the team whose rotation and pitching staff stays off the disabled list is going to be the team that's on top at the end of the year.
I'm not thinking about the things that I was thinking about last year.
I?m not trying to hit people, but last year, getting kicked around as much as I did, I got tired of it. Hitters were very comfortable facing me last year, much more than in years past.
I'm not trying to hit people, but at the same time hitters were very comfortable facing me last year, much more so last year than any year in the past. But there's something you can do about that as a pitcher and you've got to be proactive and do it.
I'm obviously lobbying for him to be a starter because I believe someone who can pitch 200 innings is going to help us more than pitching 60. I talked to Theo about it and he rolled his eyes like he usually does.
I'll be here in the morning to get work in. If he shows up, awesome.