03-01-2009, 10:48 PM
<!--quoteo(post=21134:date=Mar 1 2009, 07:17 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 1 2009, 07:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->IMO, Schilling is already a HOF lock. However, he'll likely be one of those guys like Ryno who has to wait a few years (probably even more in Schilling's case), and let's face it, bringing a title home to the Cubs...that'd be a pretty big deal.
I agree with Scarey here...I don't think he's trying to slough off working the whole year...I think he's physically incapable of pitching 200+ innings plus cranking it up for October.
One fly in the ointment..Schilling has said there's only a 20% chance he'll even play.
But I bet know how to "up that %."
Make him feel wanted.
He's a needy guy. <i>Really</i> needy, perhaps even suffering from a serious inferiority complex (which manifests itself as conversely coming off as cocky and smug...it's why so may people hate him).
Theo Epstein and the Red Sox played into that by taking the extraordinary step of going over to his house on Thanksgiving and playing up the notion of "how much he'd mean to the team, to the city of Boston, how much it'd mean to his legacy, how desperately the Red Sox needed a post-season stud," blah, blah blah....
It worked.
And Schilling went 21-6, and led them to their first title in 86 years.
He's much older now, and won't be as good, no doubt. But he's always excelled in the post-season.
And if the Cubs have one major weakness, it's...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah I agree. He was really good in 06 and 07 though, with ERA's of 3.97 and 3.87, pitching a lot of those in the AL East obviously. He's making it sound like he won't comeback unless he thinks he can pitch like he did in 07.
I agree with Scarey here...I don't think he's trying to slough off working the whole year...I think he's physically incapable of pitching 200+ innings plus cranking it up for October.
One fly in the ointment..Schilling has said there's only a 20% chance he'll even play.
But I bet know how to "up that %."
Make him feel wanted.
He's a needy guy. <i>Really</i> needy, perhaps even suffering from a serious inferiority complex (which manifests itself as conversely coming off as cocky and smug...it's why so may people hate him).
Theo Epstein and the Red Sox played into that by taking the extraordinary step of going over to his house on Thanksgiving and playing up the notion of "how much he'd mean to the team, to the city of Boston, how much it'd mean to his legacy, how desperately the Red Sox needed a post-season stud," blah, blah blah....
It worked.
And Schilling went 21-6, and led them to their first title in 86 years.
He's much older now, and won't be as good, no doubt. But he's always excelled in the post-season.
And if the Cubs have one major weakness, it's...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah I agree. He was really good in 06 and 07 though, with ERA's of 3.97 and 3.87, pitching a lot of those in the AL East obviously. He's making it sound like he won't comeback unless he thinks he can pitch like he did in 07.
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