Curt Schilling wants to be a Cub?

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/orl-curt-schilling-play-cubs-022809,0,6172008.story

 

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

[RammyFanny]

Beat me by a second :x

[Little Slide Rooter]

Depending on how cheap hed sign for, Id be intrigued.

[Clem Fandango]

If he says he doesn't care about money and will come cheap, I see no harm in at the very least inviting him to spring training. As much as I'd like to see Marshall succeed as a starter, if Schilling is healthy and marginally productive it'd be nice to have a player like him in the rotation

 

That being said I doubt it happens...

[cubbinalltheway]

where did he say the cubs? the article quotes him as saying chicago, which doesn't necessarily mean for the cubs.

[CP_414]

If he is cheap, go for it. He'll probably outproduce Marshall and with the injury risks in our rotation another option wouldn't be a bad thing. I thought he said before he wasn't going to sign with anyone until mid summer.

[CP_414]

where did he say the cubs? the article quotes him as saying chicago, which doesn't necessarily mean for the cubs.

 

 

Nobody wants to be on the White Sox.

[The Voice of Reason]

Bloody red socks = grit.

[E.J.]

I guess it'd come down to how much money it would take, but I'm not all that excited about a 42-year-old coming off of major shoulder surgery.

[Bruce Miles]

Cubs have interest:

 

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/1527

[UMFan83]

What an interesting clubhouse it would be with Lou and Curt the blowhard.

[CubbieBum]

I would absolutely love to have Schilling but I do find a bit funny/scary that we would be getting another injury prone starter.

[Post Count Padder]

If he wants to sign cheap, I'd jump all over this.

[Sammy Sofa]

where did he say the cubs? the article quotes him as saying chicago, which doesn't necessarily mean for the cubs.

 

We used common sense.

[cubsfan26]

I'd love to sign Schilling, I wanted him last offseason. In hindsight I'm glad we didn't sign him with him getting hurt. But I'd sign him to a 1y 2m deal with incentives or something like that.

[CubbieBum]

Thinking a little more on it ... it would be worth it just to here Schilling talk back to Ozzie when Ozzie does his yearly tradition of bashing the Cubs.

[weis21]

I heard an interview on XM that Schilling wanted to play for the Cubs about a month ago. I couldn't find it online and I didn't know how serious he was so I never posted anything about it.

 

If he'd sign for about 4 or 5 million I'd be all over it.

[Bote McBoteface]

Having both Marshall and Heilman in the bullpen would be a plus, since in my mind the bullpen is a huge weakness right now. I kinda hope this happens. Never did really understand the hatred of Schilling.

[inari]

If it was reasonable to expect Schilling to contribute, I'd have to imagine he would have been signed by now.

[Guest]

What an interesting clubhouse it would be with Lou and Curt the blowhard.

Lou

Curt

Z

Bradley

 

Wow.

[SouthSideRyan]

Schilling's all about his public image, and knows if the Cubs win a world series and he's even on the playoff roster, he'll sail into the hall of fame for teaching him how to win. Do that Curt, and I won't hate you so much.

[nilodnayr]

If he says he doesn't care about money and will come cheap, I see no harm in at the very least inviting him to spring training. As much as I'd like to see Marshall succeed as a starter, if Schilling is healthy and marginally productive it'd be nice to have a player like him in the rotation

 

That being said I doubt it happens...

 

He's not going to open the season, he'll probably be a second half guy.

[TruffleShuffle]

If he'd sign for about 4 or 5 million I'd be all over it.

 

i wouldn't give him that much for part of a season but i'd give him a contract with a low base and lots of incentives.

 

he really has a sense of baseball history and knows what it meant to be associated with the red sox breaking "the curse," and i'm sure he'd love to ride off into the sunset after helping the cubs end their 100+ year drought.

[erik316wttn]

I would absolutely love to have Schilling but I do find a bit funny/scary that we would be getting another injury prone starter.

 

Well, you'd think at some point that at least a couple of them would be healthy at the same time, right?

 

(Looks up the 1985 season)

 

..... oh. :(

[Gingerballs Lives]

I would like this move.

 

Shilling is a douche but he's fantastic in big (read: post-season) games.

 

Why not? This team is built to win now.