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”He seeks the spotlight, a charming personality trait at 21-6. It's not so adorable when your ERA is three full runs above your career mark and you have an ankle that requires rigorous rehabilitation, yet show up to spring camp, as one player said, ‘looking like Santa Claus.’ … During the last homestand, one player asked, ‘Since when did he anoint himself lord and master of the 617 area code?’ A visiting player wanted to know if it is true that Schilling actually calls in to talk radio shows and lurks on the Internet to make his points (yes, it is). One manager listens intently that Schilling is immune because he delivered the Big Prize.

‘I sort of disagree with that,’ the manager said. ‘Schilling was big, especially psychologically, but to me the difference in that team last year was Keith Foulke. Foulke made it hard to come back against those guys. And he hasn't been spared a thing.’"

The above quote was taken from BostonDirtDogs.com.

Finally, someone in Boston is calling Schilling on all his bullshit. Of course the anonymous player will be found out and publicly hanged (and I agree he shouldn't be airing his complaints in the press) for it. But Jesus. Schilling gets more love than anyone in Red Sox history and Arroyo, Lowe, Ortiz and Foulke all did more for that team in the playoffs last year. But they did it without bloody socks, so I guess it doesn't count as much.

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ETA: I guess it's okay to be a little bitch about your teammates once they're gone, but when you're still on the same team, it's not?

"Still, added Schilling, it was difficult to ignore Martinez's absence in Yankee Stadium for Game 6 of the ALCS. Martinez stayed behind in Boston, ostensibly to work on his own in preparation for a possible appearance in Game 7.

'We were in the middle of the greatest eight-game run in the history of baseball and he wasn't there,' Schilling said. 'What does that tell your teammates? But that's just the way it was.'"

What a fucked up thing to say. Whether that instance looked like Pedro was being selfish or not, he gave the Red Sox a great career. Schilling should have nothing but good things to say about him. What a self-centered, self-important piece of shit.