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Curt Schilling reacts to his number finally being given out 02.22.13 at 12:31 pm ET
By Rob Bradford
Curt Schilling received 38.8 percent of the votes in his first year on Hall of Fame ballot. (AP)

Curt Schilling

FORT MYERS, Fla. — For the first time since 2008, a Red Sox player will be wearing the No. 38. The last owner of the uniform identification? Curt Schilling.

Mike Carp was assigned the digits, with every other number (not approaching 100) — except Dwight Evans‘ No. 24 — having already been taken.

Carp, who has no history with the number, was surprised to learn he had garnered such elite numerical status.

“I’ve always been in the 20′s. I’m proud to wear it if Schilling was the last to wear it. It’s quite a person to follow. Hopefully he took the strikeouts with him.”

Schilling — who used his former number in the title of such things as his blog and company’s name — was reflective when informed of the news.

In a text, the former pitcher offered this tongue-in-cheek response: “Clearly the athletic ability inherent in, and now transferred to Mike, will give him a huge advantage. Also, if he finds himself answering media questions with depth and breadth he’s not used to, well, that’s likely the number’s fault, as well. Also, if he finds himself becoming conservative and believing in smaller govt., well that’s not the number but tell him I’m proud of him.”

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  • Joseph Herrera

    Evans’ #24?  I do believe Manny had that number for a few years, and Saito after that.  Kind of strange they gave #38 to Carp instead of #24 when he had been wearing #s in the #20s.  No big deal, but still interesting.

  • TBone Burnett

     Dewey was the man,

  • Joseph Herrera

    Not denying that lol Dewey will always be #24 to me too, just making the point that the number has been out there since he left for Baltimore

  • Chuckchamp

    Hey Joe one things for sure the only Red Sox player to be amongst the top 50 in every offensive category in the history of MLB not to be elected to the HOF is the same guy we all know as Dewey!!! What a sham they put Rice in and he was only an above average player for a much shorter period of time! Dewey was not very good in the begining but boy did he make up for lost time once he found the groove offensively,defensively he was lights out from jump street!! His only comperable is a guy named Clemente..

  • CharlieMurphy

    “If he finds himself believing in smaller govt, until he has the opportunity to get a 9 figure govt handout… well that’s probably the number and I’m proud of him”

  • Pip

    He really means no government–so he doesn’t have to pay any taxes. That’s the new form of patriotism these days. LOL.

  • http://www.facebook.com/melody.mckinstrie.1 Melody McKinstrie

    I hope Carp never falls prey to conservative thinking that would have him forget that there are poor sick and elderly people in this country that need help more than millionaires more tax breaks.  The only thing Schilling has going for him is that he is not a religious fanatic that would distort the wonderful benevolence of Jesus Christ.

  • Billy Budd

    Smaller government….except for that part of the government that allows people like Schilling to file for bankruptcy and not get shot by those who provided loans to him. 

  • San Diego Dreamer

    Why not throw in the bloddy sock too.

  • Bsox67

    This cat is running out of places in his foot to shoot himself… Curt…Thanks to Rhode Island and their huge liberal and big government ways,  you were able to piss away millions in tax payer money. Just shut your pie hole when it comes to politics.  This speaking out of both sides of your mouth crap is getting old.

  • Spitfire1064

    Hahahahahaha, smaller government, nice one Schilling, is that the line you used on the R.I. people you shnookered. 

  • Mike

    You are an effin idiot Melody!!!

  • Kingtuba

    Also, he may begin to have a tendency to bankrupt companies and waste millions of dollars of tax payers dollars, and then be thankful that idiots like himself couldn’t elect a small government that would prosecute him

  • CurtSchilling

    I hate poor people who ask for handouts, but I LOVE rich people who ask for handouts.  You know, handouts, as in getting free government money for hobby projects, or decreased tax rates because I make so much money.  But the people who want to eat food or heat their house and ask the government for help?  Nahhh son.

  • Salmonrusty

    He will if you cough up the $$$$$

  • Rudy

    Ya PIPeru. WORKING people ( Patriots)  DO NOT want taxes to keep going up and up to pay for the NON-WORKING STIFFS !!! Only the “STIFFS” are the ones that want higher taxes.

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