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
We won a lot more games than we lost when I was down there, and that was the goal, ... I went down there to try and help seal a leak and patch a hole. I'd like to think I did that for the most part. I mean, I certainly didn't pitch as well as I would have liked, but we played well and won games while I was down there.
That's what arguably the best defense in the game and a deep bullpen will do for you, you can win games like that.
For us to be 7-3 after 10 games when our offense isn't even close to hitting its stride is a positive thing.
You guys saw Pedro do it here year after year. There were games where he didn't throw at anybody and guys still had trouble getting to the outside corner because of that inherent concern. And that's not something anybody has had to worry about facing me.
You can't cost your team games trying to learn a job. You can't do that. There's no excuse for what happened.
The bigger the game the better. I'm an adrenaline junkie. I feed off big crowds and noise.
I've been playing games for 30 years, and I've been a hard-core gamer.
Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.
I had the perfect job for a gamer. From February to October, I'd get up at 7 in the morning with nothing to do but play games until I had to be at the park around 1 or 2 o'clock. When I got back after the game, I played until 3 or 4 in the morning.
I'd like to think I did well. I'd like to think that, if I had a must-win game, the guys I played with would want me to have the ball. But no, I don't think I deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.
People love to say we get paid a lot of money to play a game, but it stopped being a game when you start getting paid.
I thought the same thing everybody else thought. The sun goes up and the sun comes down and the Red Sox and Yankees play meaningful games late in the year. It always happens that way.
Any time you go against Greg, runs are going to be at a premium. I don't care what his numbers say, ... He and I have pitched some games in the past just like this. You have to do everything correct fundamentally. You just have to push to be the first team to score.
This is a good win, this was a great win for us. I'd be real curious to see how many games we won last year scoring two runs.