They can't have Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling lose a game.
Quotes about schilling (16 Quotes)
That opened the door and showed us the big plays were there for us. (Schilling) has got some talent. We could feel the momentum going our way then and things started clicking. Guys started making their blocks and gang tackling.
There are so many roles I feel like I can fulfill. Hopefully they take that into account. I was telling Schilling how lucky I was to be part of (the Red Sox) two years in a row. He said, 'Two years in a row isn't luck, buddy.' So I guess I'm spoiled.
One of the complaints I used to hear is that the players (in recent years) were retreads. They talked about what it was like when Curt Schilling pitched here. Now, you're going to see players on the way up. It will be quality baseball.
He's our ace. We're going to keep going out there and patting him on the back. It's a tough loss. He's going to be fine against New York. It could come down to that one game, I know Schilling will show up.
When you dont locate your pitches, major league hitters find a way of making you pay for it. I thought (Schilling) misfired a few times, especially in those first two innings, and that really hurt.
He's just keeping up with (Curt) Schilling. They're both 3-0. His main thing is strike one. When you get strike one, then you can do a lot of things - inside, outside, up and down. The name of the game is control. He was great.
I'm not a big believer in putting a No. 1, a No. 2 or a No. 3 on pitchers. That only lasts the first week of the season. It doesn't matter if you're facing Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling or some rookie, you're out there to win. You're facing their lineup. I don't put numbers on people. We're all capable of winning here.
We'll put Rodney out there any day. He goes out there and he's got good stuff. And Tuesday night's loss, it's going to happen. It happens to the best of them. We saw it happen to Schilling the night before. We just have to go out there and pick him up.
I don't know where all these anonymous sources come from. Unfortunately we're in Boston, so there's stuff being thrown out there, ... Schilling's been hurt and it's taken him time to get ready. I even said after the season, in my book, that Schilling risked his career to go out there and pitch against the Yankees. He could have been done after last year. He wanted to come back and fight again and try to get us back to where we were last year.
Rob Schilling was the primary advocate for an elected school board for years. That's a feather in his cap. But whether or not that's going to make anybody vote for him, I don't know. It's something that he's done, not something that he's promising to do. So I don't know that it's going to make a difference.
He's not the Curt Schilling that finished last season. He needs some work, he knows it. He'll find it. Hopefully, he'll get another opportunity Tuesday and he'll close it out for us.
We were very aggressive early in the game. Schilling likes to get ahead with his fastball, and we got some good pitches to hit. I thought we had a nice approach with him.
We wanted to close it out today. You don't want to give the ball to Schilling tomorrow. Who knows what he can do We've seen his act. He's pitched pretty well in the playoffs, so we didn't want to go there.
That's the plan. It's worked before between Pedro and Schilling and myself. You'd have to ask hitters if it really makes a difference, but I think if you get in a three-game series with Schilling, myself and (Josh) Beckett, that kind of contrast, I think chances are pretty good if we all have our 'A' games that day.
For the most part, Schilling threw the ball pretty well, but they just capitalized on one mistake.