Schilling's Late Night At The ESPYs

There are all kinds of reasons to not get enough rest before a baseball game in which you are required to perform. Maybe you had a crying baby who woke up at inconvenient hours. Perhaps you're jetlagged from an overnighter to Colombia. It's possible that you just, lo, spent a little too much time with those two ladies from Wichita. It happens. What is not an acceptable reason to be exhausted at a baseball game — particularly one against your team's hated rivals, on national television, in the ninth inning — is to have stayed up too late at the ESPYs.

That's what happen to Red Sox red sock Curt Schilling. The night before he gave up two runs in the ninth inning to the Yankees, Schilling stayed up too late at the ESPYs, requiring him to be up all night.

Schilling's vacation culminated with an appearance at ESPN's awards show, the ESPYs, the night before the Yankees game. He then flew all night with his wife and children, landing in Boston the morning of the game.

We're just saying: We'd cut him for that, bloody sock or not.

Schilling Ready To Start Right Now [Boston Globe]