Schilling throws the media a curve…
Curt Schilling campaigns for President Bush…(gasp)…We can’t let that go by without a column. Or at least that’s what Phil Taylor at sports illustrated believes…
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…but he had no business injecting his political views, unsolicited, into the appearance. Besides that, his voting suggestions should carry about as much weight with the American public as, say, cooking tips from James Carville.
What’s got this SI writer so bothered that he wrote a column about it? Curt Schilling said this after a recent interview…
“And make sure you tell everybody to vote, and vote Bush next week.”
Nevermind the fact that we have rock stars telling us all the time who we should vote for. Bruce Springsteen is practically touring with John Kerry this political season. Remember the Dixie Chicks? Mr. Taylor goes on to say…
In neither case would we have reason to believe that the advice-giver has any idea what the devil he’s talking about. If Schilling says, “Remember, America, pushing off your back leg will give you better velocity on your fastball,” I’m listening. If he tries to tell me what to do when I step into the voting booth, I’m laughing.
He may be laughing, but I find it laughable that a sports writer has a problem with an opinionated sports star.
Also, he should consider this a nice break from the taunting, chair-throwing, cursing, tantrum-throwing sports stars that he usually has to cover. Ok, rant over…sorry.
UPDATE: Wow, this topic really has them bothered at Sports Illustrated apparently. It’s day 2 of this article and it’s now THE headlining story on the baseball page.
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