Curt Schilling and the Red Sox announced that Schilling will have season ending shoulder surgery. This very likely will end his career with 216 wins against 146 losses.

I believe that Schilling, despite having fewer wins than deserving pitchers like Jim Kaat, Bert Blyleven and Orel Hersheiser, will make it to Cooperstown. He has over 3,100 strikeouts and was regarded as a dominating pitcher throughout the mid-1990s to the 2000s. Most importantly, he was absolutely brilliant in the post-season, going 11-2 with a 2.23 ERA in 19 games with three different teams. He also pitched in 4 world series, winning the last three. Some may argue that because he didn't win a Cy Young Award, he shouldn't get in, but he had several years where he could have won it.



It was no coincidence that the Red Sox broke their 86 year championship drought the year Schilling arrived.

Yes, he was brash, cocky, and some would say obnoxious, but he knew how to come up big in the big game.