Steve brought up an interesting point in a recent comment.
I’m beginning to wonder if this whole contract thing is weighing on his mind a bit. He’s never been in this situation before of impending free agency. He wants to be here and maybe he feels the added pressure of trying to prove he belongs here. what ever it is the team needs him to get by it.
Well today on the Dennis and Callahan show, a hypothetical question was posed to Schill basically asking him if the Red Sox offered him a contract for next season at $13 million would he accept it. Schilling answered that with a resounding “yes.”
While I would have to think that it wasn’t affecting his pitching, I now have started to think otherwise. I can’t speak for Schill and never would, that’s what his blog is for. But maybe just maybe it is affecting him. I know he’d be stupid not to say no if it was offered, but the Red Sox have never offered a contract extension during the season under Theo Epstein’s reign as GM.
We say this a lot of on our radio show about the Yankees; “they need to not worry about what anyone else is doing, they need to just go out and win.” The same should hold true for Schilling. He needs to just go out and pitch every 5 days and let the contract situation take care of itself.
Believe me Curt, we want you here and want you to retire as a member of the Sox. Take care of business on the field and the business off the field will all work out.
To listen to the interview, click here.
