Schilling 1, A-Rod 0
Oh man, this is great. Curt Schilling on A-Rod and the Red Sox:
“I think if we get A-Rod, we don’t get here [to the World Series]. I don’t question that for a second. He’s a Hall of Famer, sure. But after getting to know people who, A, play with him and, B, have played with him, I don’t think it would have worked here.”
The stuff there about talking to people who play with him and use to play with him is very interesting. There were plenty of interviews with various Texas Rangers players this year where they talked about how much better the clubhouse was this year without A-Rod around. And look how much that team improved the year after he left. Look what the Mariners did in 2001 (116 wins) the year after A-Rod left. Yes, there are other factors at play in both examples, but the coincidence gets a lot stronger in light of what Schilling is now saying.
Full article: ESPN.com
April 17th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
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