Look, if I were to run into Curt Schilling in any watering hole between here and Timbuktu, I’d buy the guy a drink. He is responsible for some of the most memorable moments I have experienced as a baseball fan. That said, I gotta admit I was more than a little amused at the ass-whooping the Kansas City Royals handed Curt Schilling (who was outpitched by Jose Lima) last night, given that they came on the same day he performed the whole moralizing routine on Dennis & Callahan. If Schilling weren’t white, you could sure as shit bet on a column from some writer in town about how he “should just concentrate on his pitching.” Nah, you won’t here a peep about it around here in the media, but don’t you think a bullshit performance like the one Schilling turned in last night is a lot more detrimental to Boston’s winning efforts than Manny dogging the occasional groundball? Schilling’s fastball was as straight as can be, his split-fingered fastball he could not throw for a strike and for crissakes, he should never throw that hanging piece of dung that appears to be a breaking ball ever again. I don’t see much reason for hope with Schilling, though there is a bit of time yet to fix up the problem.

I don’t have much more to add. Roberto Petagine? Please? Anyone?