Curt Schilling Responds to Morgan Comments, Sox Class at Bates, Win Manny's Car

According to Dr. Craig Morgan, injured Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling could have been ready for the Sox/Rays ALCS...if they had just listened to him.

On Wednesday, Morgan told the Associated Press that if Schilling had surgery on his shoulder in January as he suggested, "...he’d probably be pitching in the playoffs now." Morgan added that just less than four months after he performed surgery on The Big Schill, the progress the soon-to-be 42-year old has made is "phenomenal."

(Side note: this guy seen in this photo is not Dr. Morgan and this is not surgery on Curt's arm, just in case you were wondering. Nice polo though. That is hardcore, Curt.)

And this little tidbit from the Yahoo piece:

"Schilling told Morgan he wants to pitch for a championship contender and would go “to the highest bidder,” the doctor said. Pitching well for half a year and the postseason might enhance his Hall of Fame credentials."

You have to question the timing here. Was Morgan just waiting for the pitching rotation to be announced for his time to strike? What's the point here? Is Schilling using Morgan to start the early negotiations for next season? Things like this are irritating because they seem to be fronts for something else and perhaps Morgan's agendas go a lot deeper than we all suspect.

Schilling responded yesterday on his blog, saying that he's unsure why Morgan decided to speak out and thought the timing was horrendous.

"Don't ask me to comment, respond, or articulate on the comments made by Dr Morgan. I have not spoken with Craig in two weeks since our last ‘check up’ but the comments he made were his own. He, unfortunately, like me has little to no filter when asked about things he feels comfortable with knowledge wise."

-College is great: worrying about nothing while pretending your life is really stressed, drinking, having random sex while doing random drugs in random places, skipping class and eventually graduating. At Lewiston, ME, private college Bates, they are taking their love of the Red Sox a step further.

This year, Bates started offering 'Red Sox Nation,' a 15-person class taught by Margaret Creighton. However, the class focuses on "a big-picture look at major league baseball and its place in American history and culture. Students are asked to explore baseball's ties to politics, religion, race, gender and class. They examine what fans eat at games, why umpires dress like they do and how rivalries...have helped shape regional identities."

Oooooookay. Only open to freshmen, Red Sox Nation now takes its rightful place among other easy A classes like Golf, AIDS Awareness and Cult Horror Films (a UMaine favorite). Right, Andy Katzenmoyer?

-Ever wish you could take one of Manny Ramirez' cars and drive it off a bridge? Well, now you can...except you'll have to pay for the opportunity. You can now bid on Manny's 1967 Lincoln Continental (seen here in an abandonded warehouse somewhere), which is being auctioned off via Ebay to benefit the Franciscan Hospital for Children in Boston. Donated before Man-Ram got dealt to L.A., the current bid is just over $25k which hasn't met the reserve price.

Josh Nason started Small White Ball in 2007 and is the main contributor of content for the site. He can be reached at [e-mail].