I hesitate to bring this up because of all the residual conflicts, but Curt Schilling goes after Dan Shaughnessy today like he’s Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction:

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

Or something. Well, we love a good media fight here at Boston Daily and since Schilling is essentially a media member now, here’s a breakdown of the ruckus.

Shaugnhessy, in a column about BC coach Jeff Jagodzinski got in a few shots at Schilling:

After the 2007 World Series, Curt Schilling signs a one-year deal for $8 million plus incentives. When he shows up in spring training looking like Chris Farley, unable to throw a Wiffleball because of an injury, the club is on the hook to pay him the $8 million. For no services. The club must live up to the contract.

To which Schilling traces back the roots of their feud to a Shaughnessy (CHB) column, in which he ripped Pedro Martinez for leaving early:

See our little feud dates back to this article. If CHB ever did like me (which he claims he did) it all ended after he wrote this. I called him in the clubhouse, talked about the Clemens piece and then asked him about the Pedro piece. Why the two different views? Why was it, that all the players CHB appeared to rip and detest, from Carl Everett, to Pedro, were not white? Was he a racist? I had to ask, I assumed I already knew that he wasn’t but I had to ask. If not that then what? Star hater? Did he try and find a way to just not like the good to great players here?

Schilling then goes on to say that most members of the press rip each other behind their backs daily (true) and then goes on to name a few folks that he likes: (Tony) Maz, (Rob) Bradford, (Steve) Buckley, Sean Mac(adam), (Ian) Browne, (Amalie) Benjamin because:

I do believe they know what they’re talking about more often than not but part of that is because I feel like every one of them is a fan of this team and cares about the team. They are certainly objective for the most part. Maz and Buck can get carried away at times but it’s never out of malice.

To which the respective media types reflexively cried out: We’re NOT fans. And so on. We await the inevitable Shaughnessy response.

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