Sox, Injured Schilling At Odds Again

Aging ace wants shoulder operation; Boston opposed
By Jesse Andrews,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 7, 2008 10:01 PM CST
Sox, Injured Schilling At Odds Again
Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, center, talks with former Brooklyn Dodgers players Tommy Lasorda, left, and Don Zimmer before a funeral for former Brooklyn Dodgers player Johnny Podres in Port Henry, N.Y., Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. Podres, who pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers to their only World...   (Associated Press)

The Boston Herald reports that Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has a major, possibly season-threatening injury. The 41-year-old, due to earn a guaranteed $8 million in 2008, wants surgery, on the advice of the surgeon who operated on him in 1995; the team, however, has other ideas.

Schilling has a one-year contract with the Sox, and they'd prefer for him to undergo a strength and rehabilitation program; baseball's Collective Bargaining Agreement stipulates that the Sox can nix his contract if he goes ahead with the surgery. Either way, the postseason legend is likely to miss a significant portion of 2008. (More MLB stories.)

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