Calgary WTF Happened To Curt Schilling? | HuffPost Latest News - Action.News ABC Action News WestNet-HD Weather Traffic

The sign appeared in a window above Boylston Street as the Red Sox paraded through downtown Boston to celebrate the teams first World Series title in 86 years.

Schilling/Bush 04.

It was a tribute to Curt Schilling, the pitcher whod been brought to Boston to boost a team that hadnt won baseballs biggest prize since 1918 and that had choked away yet another shot at the World Series the year before.

Hed delivered immediately, winning 21 games in the regular season. But it was in the postseason that Schilling became a hero.

The Red Sox had trailed the New York Yankees, their hated rivals, three games to two in the American League Championship Series that October. Although he needed sutures to hold his right ankle together, Schilling took the mound in Game 6. He was built for these moments hed never lost a playoff game when his team was facing elimination. Even as he winced in pain, even as the blood soaked through his white sock, he threw seven innings of one-run ball, and the Red Sox won. A night later, theyd win again. A week later, they were World Series champs.

Sox fans embraced Schilling, the man who had gutted it out. He may just have been popular enough to win a few votes for President George W. Bush that year, even in the Democratic stronghold of Boston.

That sign linked him to Bush not the Democratic candidate, Massachusetts own Sen. John Kerry because Schilling was already an outspoken Republican. While the sign might have been a joke, the idea of him running for office someday didnt seem that far-fetched to him or a lot of people who knew about politics. Baseball had taught him there was nothing he couldnt do if the rest of the world would just get out of his damn way.

@arthutchinson2 There is NO other option. Killary is the most despicable, corrupt, felonious, lying evil human to ever run for President.

Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) September 10, 2016","type":"rich","meta":{"author":"Curt Schilling","author_url":"https://twitter.com/gehrig38","cache_age":86400,"description":"@arthutchinson2 There is NO other option. Killary is the most despicable, corrupt, felonious, lying evil human to ever run for President.— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) September 10, 2016\n","provider_name":"Twitter","title":"Curt Schilling on Twitter","type":"rich","url":"https://twitter.com/gehrig38/status/774457141159657472","version":"1.0"},"flags":[],"fullBleed":false,"options":{"theme":"featured","device":"mobile","editionInfo":{"id":"us","name":"U.S.","link":"https://action.news","locale":"en_US"},"originalEdition":"us","isMapi":false,"isAmp":false,"isVideoEntry":false,"isEntry":true,"isMt":false,"entryId":"58e7e71be4b05413bfe2e232","entryPermalink":"https://action.news/entry/curt-schilling-right-wing-politics_n_58e7e71be4b05413bfe2e232","entryTagsList":"politics,breitbart-news,massachusetts,boston-red-sox,donald-trump,hate-speech,republican-politics,us-presidential-elections,curt-schilling,right-wing-politics, @amazonecho,@health_adhd,@health_depression,@health_erectile,@health_gad,@health_hiv,@health_ibs,@health_models,@health_pain","sectionSlug":"politics","deptSlug":"politics-news","sectionRedirectUrl":null,"subcategories":"sports","isWide":true,"headerOverride":null,"noVideoAds":false,"disableFloat":false,"isNative":false,"commercialVideo":{"provider":"custom","site_and_category":"us.politics","package":null},"isHighline":false,"vidibleConfigValues":{"cid":"60afc111dcf87c2cd2f5d8bf","overrides":{"front_page_top_videos":{"desktop":"60b64354b171b7444beaff4d","mobileweb":"60b64354b171b7444beaff4d"},"top_media":{"desktop":"60b8e6bdc5449357a7ada147","mobile":"60b8e701c5449357a7ada2ee","iphone":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","ipad":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","androidphone":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","androidtablet":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c"},"anthology":{"desktop":"60b8e616cdd90620331bb0ba","mobile":"60b8e671c5449357a7ad9f66","iphone":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","ipad":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","androidphone":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","androidtablet":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c"},"content":{"desktop":"60b8e616cdd90620331bb0ba","mobile":"60b8e671c5449357a7ad9f66","iphone":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","ipad":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","androidphone":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","androidtablet":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c"}},"playerUpdates":{"5668ae6ee4b0b5e26955d6a6":"60d2472d9340d7032ad7e443","56aa41bae4b091744c0440d8":"60e869dc7c5f3b17b6741b81","5841b2b5cc52c716ec6e5a7f":"60b8e355cdd90620331ba185","58b5e2b8d85a10302feee895":"60b64316b171b7444beafdb2","58b74698f78ced31417819ae":"60b8e5bec5449357a7ad9b52","58b74ccecebcea57e2c3a3d1":"60b8e5eac5449357a7ad9ca5","58cff690d85a100b9992bc39":"60b8e616cdd90620331bb0ba","58cffb3fb6d9b972a49a3c9d":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","58cffdd74d96935d7d6ec180":"60b8e671c5449357a7ad9f66","58d03a84f78ced6518eb2fa7":"60b643c82e76be41f112735c","592edf20e0fa177b0c26f7fd":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","5b35266b158f855373e28256":"60b64354b171b7444beaff4d","5c116f29f79c4171d82b7c2a":"60b64440b171b7444beb040b","5c1170fc600c9a697bf0c6b9":"60b646102e76be41f1127ffc","5c47791afa1b317df8ae0c4f":"60b8e6bdc5449357a7ada147","5c477987a6b48b35f164773d":"60b8e701c5449357a7ada2ee","5c4779ee943c3c2a64f28371":"60b8e747cdd90620331bb861","5c477a26fcd67b26879bc7c2":"60b8e788c5449357a7ada67b","5d8921a78c3ae845f366c9b6":"60ae7be5f3a7c13a30417ff9","58b98b00ba82aa39a6534321":"60d0de7c9340d7032ad1146c","58b9d14cb6d9b96c9ec32af3":"60d0dec19340d7032ad115a0","58cff8eccebcea42931e0436":"60d0e005b627221e9d819d44","592edf5de0fa177b0c26f95b":"60d0e38fb627221e9d81adcf","58cff72fd85a100b9992c112":"60d0e447b627221e9d81b0da","56b4d34fe4b022697697c400":"60d2472d9340d7032ad7e443","60b8e4c0c5449357a7ad957d":"60e869dc7c5f3b17b6741b81"}},"connatixConfigValues":{"defaultPlayer":"ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b","clickToPlayPlayer":"d014396e-b366-4c17-aeac-3ce906fa3fd0","videoPagePlayer":"f010447b-d244-4111-a314-7b4542ae4145","verticalPlayer":"e58cb05a-0bc8-4210-9108-fea82726c065","stickyPlayerControl":"52ea1755-d601-4ad1-bccc-d8cce3f0e5da","stickyPlayerON":"8055e9e5-3bda-4933-8d45-9ad814fb6e22"},"topConnatixThumnbailSrc":"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=","customAmpComponents":[],"ampAssetsUrl":"https://amp.assets.huffpost.com","videoTraits":null,"positionInUnitCounts":{"buzz_head":{"count":0},"buzz_body":{"count":0},"buzz_bottom":{"count":0}},"positionInSubUnitCounts":{"article_body":{"count":39},"blog_summary":{"count":0},"before_you_go_content":{"count":0}},"connatixCountsHelper":{"count":0},"buzzfeedTracking":{"context_page_id":"58e7e71be4b05413bfe2e232","context_page_type":"buzz","destination":"huffpost","mode":"mobile","page_edition":"en-us"},"tags":[{"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/politics","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/politics","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/politics"},"relegenceSubjectId":982065,"department":{"name":"Latest News","slug":"politics-news"},"section":{"title":"Politics","slug":"politics"},"topic":{"title":"Politics News","slug":"politics-news","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/news/topic/politics-news"},{"name":"breitbart news","slug":"breitbart-news","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/breitbart-news","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/breitbart-news","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/breitbart-news"},"relegenceId":5133505,"department":{"name":"Latest News","slug":"politics-news"},"section":{"title":"Media","slug":"media"},"topic":{"title":"Breitbart News","slug":"breitbart-news","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/news/topic/breitbart-news"},{"name":"Massachusetts","slug":"massachusetts","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/massachusetts","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/massachusetts","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/massachusetts"},"relegenceId":3629482,"department":{"name":"Latest News","slug":"politics-news"},"section":{"title":"U.S. News","slug":"us-news"},"topic":{"title":"Massachusetts","slug":"massachusetts","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/news/topic/massachusetts"},{"name":"boston red sox","slug":"boston-red-sox","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/boston-red-sox","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/boston-red-sox","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/boston-red-sox"},"relegenceId":3448754,"section":{"title":"Sports","slug":"sports"},"topic":{"title":"Boston Red Sox","slug":"boston-red-sox","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/topic/boston-red-sox"},{"name":"Donald Trump","slug":"donald-trump","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/donald-trump","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/donald-trump","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/donald-trump"},"relegenceId":2789214,"department":{"name":"Latest News","slug":"politics-news"},"section":{"title":"Politics","slug":"politics"},"topic":{"title":"Donald Trump","slug":"donald-trump","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/news/topic/donald-trump"},{"name":"hate speech","slug":"hate-speech","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/hate-speech","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/hate-speech","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/hate-speech"},"relegenceSubjectId":6412702,"department":{"name":"Impact","slug":"impact"},"section":{"title":"Impact","slug":"impact"},"topic":{"title":"Social Justice","slug":"social-justice","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/impact/topic/social-justice"},{"name":"Republican Politics","slug":"republican-politics","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/republican-politics","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/republican-politics","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/republican-politics"},"relegenceSubjectId":4944927,"department":{"name":"Latest News","slug":"politics-news"},"section":{"title":"Politics","slug":"politics"},"topic":{"title":"Republican Party","slug":"republican-party","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/news/topic/republican-party"},{"name":"u.s. presidential elections","slug":"us-presidential-elections","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/us-presidential-elections","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/us-presidential-elections","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/us-presidential-elections"},"relegenceSubjectId":6258423,"department":{"name":"Latest News","slug":"politics-news"},"section":{"title":"Politics","slug":"politics"},"topic":{"title":"Elections 2016","slug":"elections-2016","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/news/topic/elections-2016"},{"name":"curt schilling","slug":"curt-schilling","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/curt-schilling","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/curt-schilling","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/curt-schilling"},"relegenceId":3544500,"url":"https://action.news/topic/curt-schilling"},{"name":"Right-wing politics","slug":"right-wing-politics","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/right-wing-politics","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/right-wing-politics","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/right-wing-politics"},"relegenceId":6144898,"department":{"name":"Latest News","slug":"politics-news"},"section":{"title":"Politics","slug":"politics"},"topic":{"title":"Right Wing","slug":"right-wing","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/news/topic/right-wing"}],"isLiveblogLive":null,"isLiveblog":false,"cetUnit":"buzz_body","bodyAds":["

\r\n\r\n","

\r\n\r\n"],"adCount":0},"isCollectionEmbed":false,"enhancements":{}}">

@arthutchinson2 There is NO other option. Killary is the most despicable, corrupt, felonious, lying evil human to ever run for President.
Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) September 10, 2016

By the time, more than a decade later, that Schilling floated the idea he might challenge another Massachusetts senator, Elizabeth Warren , in 2018, hed become a laughingstock, a guy who was fired by ESPN for not shutting up and who shared the sort of idiotic memes once relegated to chain emails. Hed thrown himself behind Donald Trump , who was heading toward certain defeat in the Bay State. Hed taken to referring to Hillary Clinton as Killary and to her party as the Demokkkrats . And hed landed a daily radio show on Breitbart News Network, the right-wing outlet that welcomed white supremacists and other angry men.

So in October, when Schilling held a rally for Trump outside Boston city hall, perhaps a dozen people bothered to show up. Schilling, arms crossed, hat pulled down over his brow , stood there in the rain. Hed lost his grip on Boston and the world and it didnt make sense.

Login