Perspective

It wasn’t too long ago that Joe Torre scoffed at the Yankees offer to come back and manage their team. They did the unthinkable and offered him potentially the richest contract ever for a major league manager. The problem, from his perspective, was that it was for a base pay decrease, incentive laden, and for only one year. He thought he deserved more respect than that.

Then there is Curt Schilling. Curt just signed a contract for a base pay decrease, which is incentive laden, and for only one year. His perspective? Ecstatic. He couldn’t be happier, and praises the team for working with him.

So what’s the deal here? Two people at the end of their careers, offered eerily similar deals, and one takes it as a slap in the face, and the other couldn’t be happier. Something just doesn’t fit. The funniest part to me is that Curt has the better performance record in the last few years (particularly in the playoffs), and should have more leverage. Yet he’s the guy that took the one year, incentive laden deal. I think it all comes down to perspective.

What’s your perspective?

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I Thank The Lord

This MLB season couldn’t have been much better. Sure the Tigers or the Cubbies could have represented more there at the end, but the entire season was fun to watch, and it cumulated with another Red Sox World Series title. So I don’t have too much to complain about as we enter the Hot Stove portion of the game.

The biggest question seems to surround where A-Rod will land, now that he’s announced (during the end of game 4 of the World Series no less) that he’s officially on the market. The Stankee’s 30+ million per season just wasn’t cutting it for him. That or the smell of New York was getting to him. I will not lie, I hope he lands with the Cubs, Tigers or Red Sox. He is an amazing talent, and not really the team killer some people think he is.

Regardless, my congratulations to Boston and the RSN for yet another championship. Looks like the Patriots have another surprise for you coming around the corner.

PS. Curt Schilling is a man of many words, and a great pitcher. Check out his thank you letter on his blog, 38pitches.com.

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Say It Ain’t So, Schill

I look forward to seeing how this one plays out. To be honest it seemed too “hollywood” to be true at the time. It still may be true, but what are they going to do, send a CSI team out to test the sock?

BALTIMORE — The story of Curt Schilling’s famous bloody sock from the 2004 playoffs is turning into a bloody mess after a prominent broadcaster claimed one of Schilling’s teammates acknowledged the blood wasn’t real.

In the bottom of the fifth Wednesday night, according to The Boston Globe, Orioles play-by-play man Gary Thorne said on the air that he had been told by Red Sox catcher Doug Mirabelli that the substance was paint, not blood.

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