How many times have we heard Curt Schilling fire off blasts at teammates, former teammates, and even athletes from different sports on his stupid ass blog and on radio shows.  Schilling is the pretentious dick who takes it upon himself to weasel his way into everyone elses business while he’s sitting on his ass rehabbing one of his age-induced injuries.  Well he’s at it again, this time with former Chowdah star Manny Ramirez.

Schilling alleges that Ramirez was not only a bad teammate but also disrespected everyone in the Red Sox lineup by acting like a seven year old.  Schilling called Ramirez’s disrespect to his teammates “unfathomable.”  Okay Curt, we get it.  Manny didn’t give a shit at times in Boston.  He’s gone now, so get over it.  Good to hear that “The Captain” Jason Varitek really had a hold on that clubhouse.

While what Schilling said has some validity to it, what’s the real point of him saying it?  Is this shocking news that nobody knew about?  No.  This is just another case of Curt Schilling waking up, burning his eggs, not being able to find two matching socks, and calling into a Boston radio station to blast a former teammate to vent his anger.  Fix your arm before you start fixing the teams problems, asshole.

Boy, Manny looks like he’s giving up on his team in LA.  He’s really been apathetic since he got there, not trying hard or anything.  Oh wait, he’s hitting .400?  He’s single-handedly led the Dodgers into the division lead?  He’s revived baseball in LA?  Huh, who would have thought.  I guess such is life on Planet Man-Ram.  Oh and Schilling, I’ll give you a six-pence to shut the hell up.

From time to time, we’ll be sounding off on what sports figures would be better off shutting their mouth. We start with Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, who has come out and criticized players for using steroids.

Curt Schilling loves opening up his mouth. He’s done it his entire career, whether it’s criticizing Phillies closer Mitch Williams or sounding off on steroids. It looks like Curt has opened up his mouth again, stating that steroid users should have all their accomplishments erased from the records. But for once, somebody besides the blogging world is sick of Curt Schilling. His name is Jose Canseco.

“What a horrendous performance he put on with the spotlight on him in front of the whole world and he could have said something important. Of all people to be saying something like that. Are you kidding me? He’s a complete hypocrite. Nobody takes him seriously. People around baseball all feel the same way about him.

“I could care less what Schilling thinks.”

For once, Canseco isn’t talking out of his ass and making some sense here. When various Major League Baseball players went in front of Congress in 2005, they all gagged in the spotlight and said nothing worthwhile. Sammy Sosa forgot English, Mark McGwire didn’t want to talk about the past, and Curt Schilling simply talked out of his ass, something he does quite a bit. Two years ago, Schilling said the steroid problem in baseball was “overstated and that he “never saw a syringe.” Now he’s bashing his fellow players. Tell us Curt. What do you really think?

For being an incredibly clutch pitcher and one of the best in the last 25 years, it’s really hard to like Schilling. He’ll throw fellow players under the bus when talking to reporters or writing on his blog. But when the time comes for Schilling to make a difference and take action, he backs into a corner. Do us all a favor, Mr. Schilling. Shut the hell up. Thank you.

The Boston Red Sox are 21-10 and lead the American League East by six games. Apparently, this comfortable division lead has given staff ace Curt Schilling plenty of time to run his mouth. There’s a couple things we know about Schilling. At his old age, he can still deal. But more obviously, Schilling is his own biggest fan. A couple days after saying the Red Sox “didn’t need” Roger Clemens, #38 has now targeted soon-to-be homerun king Barry Bonds.

“He (Bonds) admitted he used steroids. There’s no gray area,” Schilling said on WEEI. “He (Bonds) admitted cheating on his wife, cheating on taxes and cheating on the game.”

I’m well aware that Barry Bonds isn’t one of the most popular guys in baseball. But he’s still a professional athlete. Last I checked, athletes weren’t supposed to throw their fellow athletes under the bus. Why is Schilling even speaking about this? He hasn’t faced Bonds in four seasons and he plays across the country. And the wife comment? Maybe Schilling should take a look around the league. Barry Bonds may be an asshole, he may be an adulterer. But he’s sure as hell not the only one out there.

I didn’t realize Barry Bonds’ homerun chase affected so many members of the Boston Red Sox. Slugger David Ortiz also spoke about Bonds and steroids yesterday, stating his belief that Bud Selig is actually making things worse by refusing to recognize Bonds’ chase. When Schilling’s own teammate is saying the opposite of what Schilling is, it’s probably best if you keep quiet. We know Schilling doesn’t respond well to being called out. Maybe he should challenge Bonds to another childish $1 million bet.

A couple days ago, Kevin mentioned the fact that Orioles announcer (and former hockey enthusiast) Gary Thorne casually stated that Curt Schilling’s “bloody sock” in the 2004 ALCS was in fact, painted on for effect. Thorne confessed that he heard it from Schilling’s teammate, Doug Mirabelli. Mirabelli has since gone into damage control mode and now, Schilling is pissed. He’s now addressed the accusations on his blog, 38 Pitches.

If you have … the guts, grab an orthopedic surgeon, have them suture your ankle skin down to the tissue covering the bone in your ankle joint, then walk around for 4 hours.

Someone gave me a great idea to end this once and for all. No one will ever need to bring it up again. I?ll wager 1 million dollars to the charity of anyones choice, versus the same amount to ALS. If the blood on the sock is fake, I?ll donate a million dollars to that persons charity, if not they donate that amount to ALS.

It’s good to see Schilling has taken the bait and gone on a vendetta against all media figures. He’s one hell of a pitcher but can we move on with this thing? He’s always seemed like the pitcher to buy into his own hype and he’s done that right now, calling out people with less “guts” than him.

Call up the forensics team because #38 is now challenging someone to a friendly wager of…$1 million. Not a free dinner, not some free ad space on 38 Pitches. But one million dollars. Good luck finding someone to take on that deal. It’s likely that Gary Thorne doesn’t have $1 million to his name. Since he’s the only person with this inside information, maybe you should just kick his ass instead. But be careful because he might have some friends.

I think that most people thought Curt Schilling’s “bloody sock” incident was behind. They thought wrong. One of the main story lines from the 2004 playoffs and World Series is rearing its head again, and this time in an ugly way.

Orioles broadcaster Gary Thorne said on air that he was told that the blood on the sock wasn’t really blood. Thorne said Doug Mirabelli had told him that the substance was actually paint, a claim Mirabelli vehemently denies. I don’t think the fact that the sock was bloody really had a whole lot to do with Schilling’s performance during the playoffs. Bleeding or not, Schilling did have stitches in his ankle to keep his tendon steady so he could pitch. I haven’t had that happen to me, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say that it would hurt like hell. Also, who the hell would think to possibly put paint on a sock to make it look like blood? “Hey here’s an idea, let’s make Curt look more manly by painting fake blood on his sock.” I’m sorry, that just isn’t going to happen.

I know that a lot of people are sick of this story. It was a gutsy performance by Schilling but it can get repetitive seeing that same blood spot over and over. And of course Thorne had to go and rehash the entire story. The sock is in the hall of fame, and besides the clip that we see every time Schilling pitches, we should just leave this story behind us.

Curt Schilling appears to be headed for the open market after this season. The Sox pitcher stated that he wants to explore other options and other teams after his contract expires. Theo Epstein seems hesitant to bring back the aging pitcher, and I’m still confused why this is the case.

“Curt’s going to be 41, and at that age we’ve got to be a little more conservative,” Epstein said. “It doesn’t mean we don’t want him back. I have all the confidence in the world that if Curt wants to pitch in 2008 and he’s still pitching effectively, as I expect he will, then we’ll find a way to keep him in a Red Sox uniform.”

Hey Theo, Schilling went 15-7 last year. Do you see any sign of him slowing up? Neither do I. He had a rough 2005, but that can be attributed to a nagging injury that shortened his season. Aside from that, Schilling has been money since he popped out of the womb. You want to get conservative? Put some clauses in the contract. The Red Sox have let many pitchers walk in their recent history, some of which have come back to hurt them. I have every reason to believe that, if Schilling were to hit the open market, there would be one specific team that would love to make the Red Sox pay for not re-signing him.

I realize that at his age, it is dangerous to get money wrapped up in a player whose career may be coming to an end. But Schilling has shown that he’s not going to hang it up just yet. He may be older than Theo Epstein, but he can still paint the corners of the plate like a regular Leonardo DaVinci. As long as we don’t have to hear any more crap about his bloody sock, I wouldn’t be opposed to him staying in a Red Sox uniform, where he won his most recent World Series. Don’t screw this one up Boston.