Former pitcher Curt Schilling announces that he has cancer

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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Former star pitcher turned television analyst Curt Schilling announced Wednesday that he is battling cancer.


The 47-year-old Schilling, who spent 20 years in the major leagues before retiring in 2009, divulged the news in a statement released through his employer, Bristol-based ESPN. It did not indicate what type of cancer Schilling has, when he was diagnosed or what his prognosis might be.


"With my incredibly talented medical team I'm ready to try and win another big game," he said. "I've been so very blessed and I feel grateful for what God has allowed my family to have and experience, and I'll embrace this fight just like the rest of them, with resolute faith and head on."


ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys said Schilling is taking a leave of absence. He recently signed a multiyear contract extension with the network and was to be part of the "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcast team, as well as contribute to the network's studio coverage, including its spring training coverage, Soltys said.


"Our thoughts are with Curt and his family during this challenging time," the Bristol-based network said in a statement. "His ESPN teammates wish him continued strength in his cancer fight and we look forward to welcoming him back to our baseball coverage whenever he's ready".


Schilling played for five teams during his Major League career. He won three world championships, with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2001) and Boston Red Sox (2004, 2007), sharing the World Series MVP award with teammate Randy Johnson in 2001.


He won 216 games and struck out 3,116 batters during his career, but is perhaps best known for pitching in the 2004 ALCS and World Series after having stitches to mend an ankle injury. His bloody sock was later put on display in Cooperstown.


Schilling has been in the news recently after the failure of 38 Studios, a video game company he owned in Rhode Island, with the help of a $75 million state loan. The company went bankrupt last year, leaving Rhode Island taxpayers on the hook to pay back tens of millions of dollars.


Schilling said he invested and lost as much as $50 million.


This is not the first time he and his family have battled health issues.


Schilling recently revealed he suffered a heart attack in November 2011. His wife, Shonda, successfully battled melanoma in 2001.
His daughter, Gabby, took to Twitter Wednesday to ask for prayers for her father.


"So i guess the word is out, if everyone could just keep my dad and family in their prayers it would mean a lot!" she wrote.
 

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Seen him at the Mayo Clinic back in July...guy comes off as a dick. I wish him well in his fight tho.
 

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"guy comes off as a dick"

Maybe it had to do with the fact that you were you.
 

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"guy comes off as a dick"

Maybe it had to do with the fact that you were you.

Absolutely could be true....I'll never be accused of trying to be someone else or trying to 'look cool online'.

Hey, who's the chick in your avatar...is that like your dream woman?
 

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The fact that he is not telling anyone what kind or the prognosis kind of gives me a bad feeling about all this.
If it was the perfectly curable kind I don't think he would have any problem telling everyone what kind he has.
 

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Absolutely could be true....I'll never be accused of trying to be someone else or trying to 'look cool online'

Right -- not sumday, or jaguara, or liberalsrule, or gtc08. Just lovable, unflappable you ;)
 

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Yeah, kinda weird that he does not disclose what it is.
 

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These are my other forum handles, right?

Maybe you are, maybe you aren't. But what can be clearly proven is you being a Jerkoff.

The threads you start, and your delusions of grandeur about your pussy conquests.
And now you're stalking me in the Poly Room. Very similar to sumjag.

But the worst is your utter lack of sensitivity or a shred of human compassion. An article about a famous sports figure battling a horrible disease that threatens to take his life, and you can't wait to call the guy a dick. Let him beat cancer, and then call him whatever you want. DoucheNozzle.
 

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Maybe you are, maybe you aren't. But what can be clearly proven is you being a Jerkoff.

The threads you start, and your delusions of grandeur about your pussy conquests.
And now you're stalking me in the Poly Room. Very similar to sumjag.

But the worst is your utter lack of sensitivity or a shred of human compassion. An article about a famous sports figure battling a horrible disease that threatens to take his life, and you can't wait to call the guy a dick. Let him beat cancer, and then call him whatever you want. DoucheNozzle.

That was today, but you've been trolling me for months. Bored?
 

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I remember when the Phillies aquired Schilling and he was a no name. The late Johnny Podres, Phillies pitching coach, straightened Schilling out ...

"When Schilling came to the Phils in April 1992, he had already been in three organizations. He had failed once as a closer, and his big-league record was an unimpressive 4-11.Podres always had a reputation for helping big, hard throwers find themselves. In his first season under Podres' tutelage, Schilling became a bona fide major-league starter, going 14-11 with a 2.35 ERA. He pitched 226 1/3 innings and registered a major-league-low .201 opponents batting average."

Schilling was a nice surprise for the Phils back then. Hope the guy is ok.
 

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When I hear this guy on Colin Cowherd he comes across sounding like a dumb guy.

I know it before you say it Scott L., it may be the fact I'm a dumb guy..of which I can't argue.
 

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He is an attention whore. Probably has a tiny speck of a melanoma on his earlobe.
Maybe, but maybe not.

Kind of unfair to speculate at this point
 

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He is an attention whore. Probably has a tiny speck of a melanoma on his earlobe.

I agree, Is his bankruptcy trial over with yet? or whatever it was that went under? he could be looking for sympathy.
 

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I agree, Is his bankruptcy trial over with yet? or whatever it was that went under? he could be looking for sympathy.

this is what I tend to believe...most that know the guy consider him a smug asshole. He left the state of RI on the hook for 75 million, and basically said go fuck yourself. Read some of the shit Shilling has went to Twitter with over the last few years and you make the call.

Scott L, I'm sorry your old lady was *** around on you, oh you didn't know? She was and still is.
 

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^^^What you know could fit under a thimble. And still leave room.
 

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OK that last smackdown just destroyed me. I'll never recover from it, so all that's left to do is beg you for a truce :)
 

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