Red Sox come back on gritty performance by Schilling
PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:56 pm
Curt Schilling pitched seven innings and allowed only one run to stretch the ALCS to an unthinkable seven game series against the Yankees. No team has forced a game 7 after being down 3 games to none, and now the Red Sox have done it. Best of all, Curt Schilling had an amazing performance (despite a dislocated tendon in game 1 that still left him visibly bleeding through his sock) and he got to share his testimony on national television.
Go here then click 'Video: Schilling talks to Fox' to see what I mean.
Just in case you didn't get to see it, following is a transcript of what was said (essentially, I might have edited it a very little bit, leaving out an uh here or there). Judging from the repetition of the word 'tonight' and of all of the 'uhs' I left in, I think it's safe to say Curt was a little nervous. I'd be too, in his place (witnessing never gets easy). Anyway, here it is:
If ANY of you have interest in baseball at all, watch this game (8 PM ET on Fox, about 20 hours from now). This was a GREAT series, such as won't be seen again in some time. You might as well watch the final game. Also, feel free to sound off on the Red Sox, Yankees, Cardinals, Astros, or whatever.
Go Red Sox. Beat the Yankees.
Go here then click 'Video: Schilling talks to Fox' to see what I mean.
Just in case you didn't get to see it, following is a transcript of what was said (essentially, I might have edited it a very little bit, leaving out an uh here or there). Judging from the repetition of the word 'tonight' and of all of the 'uhs' I left in, I think it's safe to say Curt was a little nervous. I'd be too, in his place (witnessing never gets easy). Anyway, here it is:
Fox wrote:Kenny Albert: Curt first of all how'd the ankle feel out there? It's alright, it's alright. I gotta say, uh, I became a Christian seven years ago and I have never in my life been as, been touched by God like I was tonight. Tonight was...I tried to go and do it myself in game 1, and I showed you, you saw what happened. Tonight uh, tonight was, was God's work tonight on that mound tonight no question.
Kenny Albert: Did you want to go back out there for the eighth inning? What did, uh, Terry Franconi and Dave Wallace say to you?
Curt Schilling: I had had enough. I was struggling from about the fourth inning on, we got a lead, I made some mistakes and they hit them right at people.
Kenny Albert: After what happened in game 1, how disappointing would it have been for you had you not gotten this opportunity to pitch again in this series?
Curt Schilling: I'd have been disappointing for everybody, you know I uh, went out there in game one and didn't get it done, but uh, these guys, I'm so proud of these guys. This is unbelievable.
Kenny Albert: First team in baseball history to force a game seven after trailing three games to none, uh, what do you expect out of this wild series tomorrow with Tim Wakefield on the mound?
Curt Schilling: An incredible game. But, uh you know, there's no reason we can't, uh, we just finished doing something that's never been done, there's no reason we can go out and do it tomorrow.
Kenny Albert: Alright Curt, great effort, congratulations.
If ANY of you have interest in baseball at all, watch this game (8 PM ET on Fox, about 20 hours from now). This was a GREAT series, such as won't be seen again in some time. You might as well watch the final game. Also, feel free to sound off on the Red Sox, Yankees, Cardinals, Astros, or whatever.
Go Red Sox. Beat the Yankees.
