Curt Schilling to have surgery; done for season.

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Move over Tiger Woods...


Curt Schilling revealed this morning that he will have season-ending surgery on his right shoulder on Monday, saying there was a "pretty decent chance that I've thrown my last pitch forever."

The Red Sox righthander made the disclosure during his weekly interview on WEEI's Dennis and Callahan show, sounding very much like a player whose career could be over. He said the major procedure (he wasn't sure exactly what type of surgery it would be) would be performed in Philadelphia by Dr. Craig Morgan, who thought Schilling should have chosen surgery in the offseason rather than the rehab program recommended by the Red Sox. When asked if this meant that Dr. Morgan's initial analysis of the injury and rehab was correct, Schilling replied, "I don't know ... and I don't care.


"There's a chance a lot of things could happen here. My season's over. There's a pretty decent chance that I've thrown my last pitch forever, so I don't care. It doesn't matter. I'm going in to make it not hurt anymore, which is pretty much all I care about."

After experiencing a setback last week, Schilling returned to Boston ahead of the team to see Sox medical director Thomas Gill to discuss where to go next in his efforts to rehabilitate his ailing right shoulder. His last throwing session, Friday in Cincinnati, did not go well -- Red Sox manager Francona called it a "plateau". This morning, Schilling explained what went wrong.

"Painful," Schilling replied when asked to characterize the setbacks he's faced. "I never could get past a certain stage. The analogy I use to explain to people where I was at was if you use a scale of 1-to-10, and 10 is pitching in a big-league game, I'm at about a 3 right now. And if you use a pain scale from 1 to 10, I'm probably at a 1 to 2 from a discomfort standpoint. When I try to make the move in effort from 3 to 4, my pain goes from 1 to 2 to 7 or 8."

Strengthening the shoulder wasn't the issue, Schilling explained on the radio this morning.

"I got strong," Schilling said. "Everybody involved is very pleased and in Dr. Morgan's case, ecstatic with the amount of strength that I have in my shoulder. I remember making the comment a couple of months ago, my fear was that I'd get strong and be able to do all this awesome strength stuff but at the end of the day I wouldn't be able to pitch, and that's kind of what happened. Functionally my shoulder is incredibly strong.

From a rehabilitation standpoint if there isn't career-ending damage, I'm in an incredibly good position to have surgery, but I can't throw a pitch. And when you're a pitcher, that's a problem."

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Great great clutch pitcher. The guy was one of the better money pitchers of our time. That game 6 performance in 2004 after getting wacked earlier in the series againt the Yanks, with a bad foot, was one of the classics to get us over the hump. Even last year he still was damn good in the post season. Thanks Curt Schilling for the memories.<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
 

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Great great clutch pitcher. The guy was one of the better money pitchers of our time. That game 6 performance in 2004 after getting wacked earlier in the series againt the Yanks, with a bad foot, was one of the classics to get us over the hump. Even last year he still was damn good in the post season. Thanks Curt Schilling for the memories.<!-- google_ad_section_end -->


Was that Heinz, Hunts, or Delmonte ?


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i forgot he was still even on the team....

having said that, i love the guy for bringin us the WS in 04' and last year...guy was clutch he was the reason the redsox broke the curse...but they just dont need him anymore...they have so much young talent...masterson is pitching well...colon has been good (i know he just went on the dl)....this team is loaded and they will cruise to the division or WC IMO...i think they need to just get colon/dice healthy at the end when it counts...they should have that cushion...
 

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here you go wil..

Red Sox pitchers Jonathan Papelbon and Manny Delcarmen present Milli Vanilli's "Blame it on the Rain Delay" last night


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Red Sox pitchers Jonathan Papelbon and Manny Delcarmen present Milli Vanilli's "Blame it on the Rain Delay" last night


Good to see players having some fun and the fans getting a laugh. Rain delays can bring out the clown shows sometime in MLB..
 

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Gotta admit, catsup sock was amazing pitching on 3 days rest in that WS.

Good career, probably a HoF'er, not first ballot, but should get in.
 

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Gotta admit, catsup sock was amazing pitching on 3 days rest in that WS.

Good career, probably a HoF'er, not first ballot, but should get in.

His 11-2 post season record with 2.28 E.R.A might be deciding factor.
 

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His 11-2 post season record with 2.28 E.R.A might be deciding factor.<!-- / message -->


Plus 3116 career strikeouts won't hurt..(one less than Bob Gibson).

A little Curt trivia: Schilling holds the major league record for consecutive starts without allowing an unearned run, at 69 games. The streak ended when he gave up an unearned run against the Yankees on May 23rd, 2007.




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Maybe a healthy Schilling would've pitched better than Wakefield today. Got shelled in a 10-3 loss to the Yankees on Saturday.
 

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