Curt Schilling

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Oh well I mean you know it's. But the big deal on not the -- that. I'd never been our team that one day -- a championship. This much is this -- this isn't important it is it's you know it's who won it before. Potential world champions or world to be better than and so opened like there's demons.

What you read that the she's holding the tendon in place is certainly damaged. And the popping he hears is this is the tendon popping over the bone that remind you anything. -- sure but this isn't as bad as your ankle correct.

Eight I don't know that this. Bad stuff the most you know.

Is it anything I -- can you relate to a William try to relate. That your experience to him as he tries to rehab his.

He had -- exactly what I feel like you know wrist third Bancorp stole. So if it -- always to really listen that campaign but you know it's. It's not formally and it's it's. You know -- two. The hard part of it is it's kind of -- understandably they were about soft cast that. Did you offer for -- poisons you know -- it works in the -- if there's no. Commitment to its gonna be a month and back in the areas could be sum from the total -- longer you know.

The it it it's my understanding and I don't know how well -- your on this. Was at the -- around your tendon that was totally torn in his only partially obviously ankle versus wrist.

Are you our laws the ligament and Elden played or that off. And then. The depends itself was lose dislocating and then my ankle -- idea that I for the sheep off and out. Built from the president completely so.

In addition to suck it up and have just to talk to more -- they -- I there's some.

I get better if it's a problem because you know you're you're here. Soft cap and then. See our heels so there's just no there's a definite which is so an -- the bucket I mean it is really boils down to. Us being bigger than one person and -- you know Dave Ortiz and it's argued David Manny and -- the Red Sox. Over the last 45 years offensively and and that's I'm sure that. As a pitcher there's you know there's made the rise above others what are -- great it's it's David David closed guys believe that if if if this is in the cards and then champion world champions as what this team is about. This team will be better and bigger and and able to draft grapple with it and deal with that for Perot organisms and find a way.

You guys have proven in the past you very resilient bunch and and we were going of this earlier -- say it's a month and not a season. What do you see stepping up or in your your optimistic guy saved goes well. Who's the guy who fills in in the month of that was and boy did he do that Joe while Ortiz with them.

You don't -- that I think the beauty of that question the answers my questions is. It's incredibly open ended look at all the guys on the team. All of them at some point or another have have stepped up and don't open it and it and meaningful. -- that that that had impact than if it could be the starting rotation because the open to clamp down beat phenomenal. For the next eight weeks there's you know the offense -- is still not mean. You know it it's going to have to be more than one guy it's going to have to be kind of a roster wide thing. Because stable Ortiz you don't replace people rookies and one person. Guys like Kevin Betty and you know or -- Josh those guys are. Are so very different. It's it's different without them that you don't find one person who replaced the impact those guys.

We were saying you know Sean Casey certainly is capable of gotten some big hits drive in some runs -- made the rare balance suggestion here and said Brandon Moss could come up and and hit and drive in runs but I guess no one replaces Ortiz presents. In the clubhouse in the dugout or just as you point out in in the intimidation factor when the other pitcher looks lineup before he takes the mound.

That's one of the big things of -- about. They hit bigger you know both in front of them and behind you know. You know what he means to him yet but how many games -- their -- but okay. Any favorite in the ninth -- or down on you know it's -- it's different and and again it's you you loose it is no disrespect anybody else to lose a player other than David and you deal with it. You you lose a player -- magnitude and a lot of teams don't deal with that well and don't handle well and it was almost kind of look at challenged the cents to find out what this team is truly mean that was linked to a.

Acre at this this may be getting to the stupid question of the interviews sooner than than normal but must the physical presence in the production at the plate. For somebody like David Ortiz being in place for the clubhouse impact continue to be effective you know I mean. --

Is his impact in the close is separate and apart from from his home runs RBIs. He's got that personality he's not generally that guy. Who -- Dictates beat the mood -- strip club if it was -- one -- happy because they feel good does. Don't eat is that he's in big guys that that adds the atmosphere in in in medium and never take away it. I don't think it's more these opponents that are in the.

Okay now the obligatory Curt Schilling question is very big league. From playing catch with -- yesterday to throwing off the mound on Friday.

I think so yeah are there some pretty good week in my mind as far as. Kind of the go or no opening if you -- will that -- You know as -- all all it's been very clear sense of but whether we all made the original original.

And what what when you play catch with -- John Farrell are you just playing catch or are you pitching. To your pitching coach.

A lot always -- in order ball might have there's always a little worked on yeah. It's you know my big fear -- concern was kind of the field he's the person. -- getting that back. And then the other pieces the command to eat some always worked on on you know manipulate the baseball my ability to commit to baseball on. A vote of things have as a pitcher you dropped out -- in my -- need to work on from you know will replace catcher it's it's subtle ulcers.

Our location aside just in terms of velocity have you attempted to cut loose yet.

Not as well no not -- the birds now Zach and Brian. Well I mean -- if that I've I think I have tried it that to levels that I. Moved through. I'd try to give after a little bit it was sent via. -- pedal that kept sit okayed you know two straight throughout yeah my best fastball postal active. He can do that totally given the situation. Good a little puzzled I think you know -- I -- it's -- a rule kind of awkward situation for a you know it's almost think you saw -- heard the word that reference -- Big kind of made sense when you think about it I mean. -- there are ways to do things and and programs routines and things that obviously -- organizations they're very big on on. Keeping your arms strong in and put a bunch of people placed touched they can happen in. You know -- deal on we -- about a year deal with Michael Jordan and a sense -- Dice-K was the best in the country. You know and have been better in their -- the world that it becomes over here and this happens. And they're talking about hey let's do a little bit different distant change this so open that the he got to go some way to you know tomorrow. I became the best the world in the in the best player in history Japan. Being this guy doing it this way. And now -- told me -- believe that's part of it as part of process them. Of of -- he'd be changed in the jump in the move from from. Anywhere to Major League Baseball national schedule more demanding more taxing. And -- A lot of things have to be experienced bugler. The season they would.

The injuries to Dice-K and Buchholz for the one million time in the history of Major League Baseball. The old cliche you can't have too much starting pitching proved to be true leading us to the fact that at this point the colon signing seems to be genius.

Well I thought after his first start those trees yeah they're strong part of our ball well. Mahan I thought when you can read about you know everybody's common side of the spring. A lot of snickering but it GM's -- apparently children I think it's a testament to the training staff here. To the guys here that work with the pitchers there's various -- in the post goes through. You know won a cy young one of the better pitchers who was fifteen years in in. Is organs some things differently but I don't think there was shall learn itself the.

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You know I'm not sure -- are clearly big Laker fans think I just hoped that. You know it doesn't turn into two -- Orioles baseball park here and in Boston when -- you know. It's a big powerful Laker fans you know that could have ways of getting tickets and being in good seats in other stadiums in not better not happen.

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