Curt's Last Stand?

There are reports that Curt Schilling has a torn rotator cuff and he may be out for the year. There are other reports that say he may be back some time after the all-star break and I would bet that Curt will be back some time around then. Even if he pitches only in September for the home stretch, I would bet he will be back. We have to remember this is the guy who had his ankle sewn together so he could pitch in 2004.

Do you remember when we first picked him up around thanksgiving 2003? When he said, "I guess I hate the Yankees now too" and "I can't think of anything more enjoyable than making 55,000 fans from New York shut up." He was one of us and we loved him for it. Then there were those commercials he did. Remember the dunkin donut one where he was walking around the locker room trying to speak like a Bostonian, something about "Pahking his cah when he gets to the pahk." And my favorite, the one where he is hitchiking out of Arizona. He gets picked up and the driver asks him where he is going and he says, "Boston, I have to go erase an 86 year curse." And he did.

I hope that this isn't the last image we have of Curt in a Red Sox jersey and I would bet it won't be. If we have learned one thing, he will do whatever it takes to make it back on the mound. Hoping you a speedy recovery Curt... hurry up back.